rbright
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join:2002-12-10
Lexington, KY
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1 edit | His Choice
However, I see plenty of reasons to stick with my broadband connection. If he was unable to see the benefits, there wouldn't be much use in trying to explain them to him. |
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davebenham
join:2002-01-31
Round Lake, IL
1 edit | what a power user
He was probably using his broadband connection just to check his email once a day. |
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Redlight
Rarr
join:2001-12-01
Bridgeport, OH | Ugh no way
I could never think of going back to dial up! |
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fegul
Premium
join:2004-08-23
united state
| said by Redlight  :I could never think of going back to dial up! Life B.B (Before Broadband) was rough. Life B.C (Before Computers) would be even worse!
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atangel
Now What??
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join:2002-02-18
Bronx, NY
| He' Got a Point, But Not For Me
Well, he's got something of a point actually. Unless you are downloading volumes of music or shareware or get large attachments, regular Web (not Internet) content just doesn't require it yet.
It is a lot to pay for standard e-mail and google surfing only. |
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The Flash
You don't win friends with salad
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join:2002-10-17
Toronto, ON | .
at least we know he wasn't horny. |
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NOCMan
Verizon Fios User
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join:2004-09-30
Flower Mound, TX | reply to rbright
Re: His Choice
I think a page load from CNN is now nearly a meg.. god help you if you like the news on dialup. |
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John Galt
Forward, March
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join:2004-09-30
Happy Camp
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Re: .
said by The Flash :at least we know he wasn't horny. He's British....!
Just kiddin', mates!
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aztecnology
O Rly?
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Murrieta, CA | reply to rbright
Re: His Choice
Send him back to 2800 baud... |
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TheGiant
Next Year Is Here.
join:2001-03-28
Augusta, GA | Why?
That would be like going back to Black and white TVs Who needs color? Might as well get the old 486 fired up and give that P4 away while he is at it. |
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Dominokat
"Hi"
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join:2002-08-06
Boothbay, ME
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
| 56k is FAST!
Before Adelphia provided cable broadband to my house, my DAIL UP was 26.4k AT BEST. 56k would have felt like broadband to me.
Now I have true broadband and I will NEVER consider going back to dial up speeds.
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Dude111
An Awesome Dude
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join:2003-08-04
USA | Why would anyone wanna go back 2 56k,it doesnt make ne sense!!  |
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KeepOnRockin
Music Lover Forever
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join:2002-11-08
Beaverton, OR
·Comcast
| reply to John Galt
Re: ...
Well, if P2P did not exist in some form (or was outlawed) I would seriously consider going back to 56k.
Truth be told, I can check my email and surf the web just fine on a dial-up (I know, I did it for years).
I pay $65.95 a month for broadband and I make sure I get my money's worth of use out of it every month.
I hardly ever paid a monthly fee for dial-up when I used it (I bounced from free providers and services like MSN that gave me a lot free months). I would only be paying for the physical land line. |
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antdude
A Ninja Ant
Premium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
|  reply to aztecnology
Re: His Choice
said by aztecnology :Send him back to 2800 baud... 2800? Did you mean 2400?  |
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Techless
Like I care
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join:2002-07-19
Hypoluxo | reply to The Flash
Re: .
Guess he never got the Viagra spam |
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Starfish
Per Ardua Ad Astra
ExMod 2002-04
join:2000-12-28
Netherlands
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| reply to atangel
Re: He' Got a Point, But Not For Me
I think it does indeed depend on ones priorities...
Another alternative is to opt for a 'light' version of a cable/dsl connection:
Then you don't pay a lot for 'unused speed' (assuming you're not downloading massive amounts of data), but you would still have the connection that's 'always on'.
In my '33K6 days' I didn't have a problem with dialing up every day or so to quickly check some mail.
Nowadays I don't even want to think about the hassle of establishing a connection every time I need to look something up. However, this is also because I'm a University student now and everything like course details, assignments, etc is published online.
So next to speed alone, I also think it depends a lot on how often one needs to look something up online.
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Roop
join:2003-11-15
Ottawa, ON | reply to Dude111
Re: 56k is FAST!
i couldn't go back to 56k, primarily. i have dsl and cable. when those both go down (power outage) then i use 56k on my laptop. it's not fast but i can check my email and post on bbr. |
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BIGHUSKER
join:2002-01-20
Minneapolis, MN
1 edit | You almost need broadband just to surf the web...
With all the images/flash/ads, many pages (cnn, cnnsi, espn) take a few seconds to load even on my 4mbps cable connection. It would be hell on 56K. He'll be back. |
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animepenguin
join:2001-04-29
Arecibo, PR | p2p
He probably kept getting those letters for sharing movies or music
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Annoying people here for 3 years :-P |
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Vamp
5c077
Premium
join:2003-01-28
MD
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to atangel
Re: He' Got a Point, But Not For Me
said by atangel : regular Web (not Internet) content just doesn't require it yet. WRONG, you know how freakin slow browsing pages with dialup is? specially stuff like ebay, etc. |
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