DoLeMiTe
My Dixie Wrecked
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join:2001-01-11
New Kensington, PA | What recession?
What is this recession you speak of? I know nothing about it. |
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ender7074
join:2006-11-21
Saint Louis, MO
 ·AT&T Southeast
| No way.
To be honest, I'd rather not have internet than go back to dial up. It would be nothing but frustrating and I wouldn't be able to do any of the things I currently do on the net over dial up. Just another piece of trash put out by our worthless media to take up space. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Comcast
| reply to DoLeMiTe
Go back to dial-up ?? It isn't going to happen
And the same can be said about those who threaten to go back to dial-up if broadband providers institute caps. Empty threats.
Maybe the death spiral of dial-up will slow down just a little bit until the economy picks up. But that is the best AOL, Netzero and their brethren can hope for.
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hroo772
Darkness Fears Me
Premium
join:2002-04-05
Mclean, VA
clubs:
 ·Verizon FIOS
| cheap dsl
I think the more logical possibility is not people switching to dial-up, but to the lowest tier dsl if they are capable of getting that service. I would think that after people have had broadband, they would realize the pains of dial-up pretty quickly. |
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andyross
join:2003-05-04
Schaumburg, IL
| per-minute charges?
First, if you've dropped your landline, how do you do dial-up?
I hope people carefully check phone plans to make certain they are not using a metered phone number. I doubt there are as many dial-up points as there were several years ago. You could quickly end up spending more on phone bills than on broadband. |
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brooklynman4
join:2004-09-07
Brooklyn, NY | Just freeload lol |
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bigfitch
Premium
join:2005-06-01
Murrayville, IL
clubs:
| reply to andyross
Phone line install $ Depends on if you hit a deal.
Phone line service Price: $44.99/mo
Dial up modem $16
Dial up service $5
Total $65.69
I found some of these numbers sitting on the web so they will either be higher or lower.
So for $65 a month you can setup dial-up and a phone line.
Or if you can get dry loop dsl for around $39 IF AVAILABLE
Ill keep my dsl  |
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Steve Mehs
Go Sabres
join:2005-07-16 | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: Go back to dial-up ?? It isn't going to happen
I'll keep my 15Mb Road Runner for $50 a month. No way would I ever go back to dial up or even consider going with granny DSL. |
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linicx
Caveat Emptor
Premium
join:2002-12-03
United State
·CenturyLink
| Another perspective
Karl's Op-Ed is way out of pocket.
First of all, when the 401K is flat, you make unpopular choices. And you do not have to "slum" to do it.
Secondly what passes for rural broadband is very expensive. $60 for 256k, when combined with unreliable connections and poor tech support, is not affordable to anyone for any reason. Add the forced LD/Local package with its metered calling and you get the real picture of the modern telco. For those who need the land line worse than the Internet, the choice is easy; no net. I ditched the phone company and the satellite in favor of cable package with VoIP. When combined with my cell I have 1700 free minutes. I save $70 every month and I have great service from a local company who thinks customers are its most valuable asset.
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Goober
Premium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
1 edit | reply to bigfitch
Re: per-minute charges?
Why would you buy a new modem every month? |
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tschmidt
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
 ·Hollis Hosting
·Verizon Online DSL
·Fairpoint Communic..
| reply to ender7074
Re: No way.
As a family of four Internet access is very important to us. DSL cost is modest, about $30 per month. We'll give up lots of other stuff before we give up Broadband Internet access.
I maintained backup dialup account for a long time after we got DSL. Finally dropped it several years ago. As web sites optimize for broadband with image heavy content using dialup becomes too painful. Besides services like: Youtube, Netflix, Hula, and Software updates don't work with dialup or take hours or days to download.
If Broadband ISPs start seeing a significant decline in subscribers they can always come out with entry level packet to compete with dialup.
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Endgame
Your member at work
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join:2005-07-07
USA
·Pacific Bell - SBC
1 edit | Another person off of dial-up
I finally got my mother to sign up for DSL Extreme 768/384k basic DSL today. She has been using crappy 45k Netzero dial-up for years. The Netzero connection software is very buggy and it decided not to want to work on her PC anymore even after a uninstall/reinstall and a avira scan. She doesn't want to spend more than $12.95 a month so she will have to live with basic.
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brianiscool
join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL
·Comcast
| well
it just does not make sense to get dialup. Even if you get dialup at $4.95 a month + $15 and tax for phone service. DSL lite starts at $19 dry line. You're better off just getting internet. If you have cell phone service and don't care about latency then get a $20 internet package. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO
 ·VOIPo
|  Why would people with VoIP(like me) go back to dial-up?
I pay $45 a month for my wireless internet(I live in a rural area) and about $14 for VOIPo 45+14=59 $11 less than my POTS bill was, and dial-up(26k) was $20 when I had it(I know it cost less now( my WISP also sell 56k dial-up($15 a month), or for ISDN[20]). So can I pay $59 for highspeed and VoIP or $85 for POTS+dial-up. I choose highspeed. |
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David
No,there is another.
Premium,VIP
join:2002-05-30
Granite City, IL
clubs:
 ·DIRECTV
·magicjack.com
·AT&T Midwest
| reply to brooklynman4
Re: per-minute charges?
said by brooklynman4  :Just freeload lol I wouldn't put that past some people. Wireless game adapters are becoming quite popular. That they just steal someone else's connection and do as they please. |
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Laughing Man
Stand Alone Complex
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join:2008-03-17
Louisville, KY
clubs:
1 edit | reply to hroo772
Re: cheap dsl
That idea works unless you're on the lowest tier of dsl already  |
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WaitingForTheWeb
@scnet.net
| Still a Dialup User
I still use dial-up at home. No other option. No cable, no DSL. I'm not in the boonies - I live 35 miles from Washington DC, in Northern Virginia. Not enough homes per mile for the monopolies to run the wire. It ain't the recession, it's lack of coverage for me. |
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tomkb
Premium
join:2000-11-15
Avon, OH
clubs: | ?
What is dial-up? |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to WaitingForTheWeb
Re: Still a Dialup User
Are you sure you cannot get wireless, or even ISDN? Sat may work 4 some, but for me(I had Wildblue) with the higher cost & other factors(ping cap) dial-up>wildblue IMHO. ISDN/wireless> dial-up. |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to Laughing Man
Re: cheap dsl
Beats dial-up don't it? |
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