Some people prefer dial-up

[Force Flow]

Tens of millions of Americans seemingly immune to the lure of more speed and satisfied with dial-up services. A majority of Americans who surf the Internet still do so by dialing in on regular telephone lines, despite the rapidly narrowing price gap between high-speed and dial-up connections. ... "I have friends who are high-tech computer engineers who are horrified by the fact I have dial-up," Ms. Kolko said. "I just tell them I'm more patient than they are." While many dial-up users cite cost as one reason to stick with their existing service, the price of high-speed service is becoming more affordable.

~From The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/19/te...r=RRCINCINNATI

[juppy]

And then there are those of us who live in the boonies and don't have a choice!

[MulderMan]

well i used to like that sound of a dialing modem....

[homer15]

some people just don't understand the full potential of the internet, and are satisfied just getting their mail on a dial up line. my dad, for example. he loves to play party poker, and that's about it. the dial up was working fine for him... but my brother in the same household likes to download videos, and play graphic intense games, so dsl is more for him... they ended up getting dsl at my parents house, but all my dad still does is play party poker.

[juppy]

homer > Yeah, but now he can play party poker REALLY FAST! j/k

[kram 2.0]

Dialup, eh? I had that just about 2 years ago. But remember that dialup offers remote services - take your laptop anywhere, and all you need is a phonecord - not an Ethernet cord.

kram

[bigandy]

Having now experienced the internet with DSL, I don't think I could ever go back to dial up. But I know how some of you guys must feel, having dial up as the only real option.

[Jaggannath]

Dial up is the only option at home, while up here I work on a LAN... so I go home and it's sooooo sloooooowwwww

[glc]

Well, there's another aspect that people don't think about - it's almost suicide trying to run XP on a dialup, you will spend most of your online time downloading all the updates and patches. My customers are just starting to get the picture, they are groaning at the big maintenance bills I'm hitting them with sitting there for hours downloading stuff they need - and I tell them a 5 hour job will take less than an hour on broadband.

[juppy]

Originally posted by glc Well, there's another aspect that people don't think about - it's almost suicide trying to run XP on a dialup, you will spend most of your online time downloading all the updates and patches.

Yeah, tell me about it....been there, done that. The machine I built for my bro is on dialup (yes, he lives out here beside me in the boonies, just 2 houses over ). Awhile back I decided to download SP1 for him and when it checked the stuff he needed, there was a total of almost 30 Meg that he didn't have! I dl'ed SP1 one day (just started it and let 'er go) and then got the rest of it the next day. Total time to dl everything was just under 10 hours.

[RJ]

Dialup, eh? I had that just about 2 years ago. But remember that dialup offers remote services - take your laptop anywhere, and all you need is a phonecord - not an Ethernet cord.

Dunno about other providers or countries, but I can use my internet access data for dialup and ISDN, too, if I ever need to. It's not high speed and no flat rate, but it works. So I have DSL at home and if I'm somewhere else with only a phone line I can connect anyway. So I don't need to have only dialup.

RJ

[videobruce]

Originally posted by juppy And then there are those of us who live in the boonies and don't have a choice!

Move to a real city............

[juppy]

Originally posted by videobruce Move to a real city............

Meaning what exactly? I live on the outskirts of a city of roughly 45,000.....not huge but its big enough to have all the options of cable, DSL, etc. I just live a bit too far outside the city limits in the country that they don't offer these services to us yet. As for moving into a large city to gain better internet access, I would also likely gain a higher chance of having criminals or drug dealers live rather close to me, so no thanks. If that's the case, I'll stay on dialup for the rest of my life.

[sdfg]

You stupid ****ers. I live in the country outside a town of 900 and I have DSL. I know bigger cities (much) that don't. If your wondering I live in Morning Sun Ia and not everyone wants to move to a city and have there kids grow up to be pussies cause they cant do **** besides sit inside a damn apartment and talk about DSL. Why would anyone want to move to a cities thats where most, I said most, gays are because they can blend in better with the city pussies. Do you really wanna be around a whole bunch of gays? **** the cities, **** you nerds, and Go RedNeck Power.


By the way I wont be back probably because I was just looking to help my friedn find a web site host thing



Whats the fun of riding around on pavement, gravels 100% better(no cops ****as)

[bigandy]

Woah buddy, calm down. There's no need for that.

And you're right, you won't be back.

[diver203_98]

sdfg I am glad you won't be back. I agree bigandy, he should calm down. Getting that excited over a little conversation isn't a good thing, especially for the blood pressure...

Anyway, I had dial-up till almost a year ago, then I tried cable. But the signal was too weak, and I was having trouble even getting a IP address, so I went to DSL. If I had to I could go back to dial-up, but the speed of DSL would be missed very much. I do empathize with those that don't have a choice and have to use dial-up. I have been there, and I really hope everyone will have a real choice in the near future.

[M. A. Dockter]

sdfg. You're not exactly smart are you.

Make sure you read the FAQ before you post again, or I will remove you and whatever other user accounts you have here.

[Hi Ho]

Well I live in the country. A town of 500. Shelton, a city of about 20,000 is 12 miles away. Hood Canal Communications the local phone/ cable company has everything. Cable, DSL, ISDN, fiber optic, T1, digital cable, regular cable, and even their own cell phone service. I love it. Great prices and service too.

[mikeL]

I'm a new convert to broadband, just two months ago, but Istill have my dial-up account just in case.

I have to admit broadband is nice, and has it's advantages, like downloading service packs it's really nice, but I could also accomplish it with dial-up, a download manager, and yes alot of patience.

If dial-up does what you want it to do, then why switch. I would still use my dial-up account, except I have a teenager, and it's a constant battle forthe phone

[thorlo6]

Hey mikeL, I wish we were that lucky! I live just 6 miles South of Jackson MS, a town of about 186,000. The best we can get, is DSL form the local phone company, and from what I hear, it's worse than using a tin can! Also, they charge an arm and leg for DSL. So, I guess I'm stuck with dial-up for now. It may be slow, but sure beats nothin".thorlo6