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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Razor X on July 05, 2008, 07:27:52 PM
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Here's an interesting article from Time that says 35% of people who subscribe to dial-up internet services do so because they don't want to pay the higher fees for broadband -- and that another 19% wouldn't switch to broadband under any circumstances. I can't imagine why anyone would favor dial-up, aside from the cost difference. I didn't think there were too many dial-up users left, to be honest. Any of you sly guys out there still using dial-up, and if so do you have any plans to upgrade to broadband eventually?
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1819972,00.html
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No dial up here and I don't travel by horse and buggy either.
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No dial up here and I don't travel by horse and buggy either.
lmao!!!
I'm broadband. I don't even know what dial up is :/O
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No dial up here and I don't travel by horse and buggy either.
lmao!!!
I'm broadband. I don't even know what dial up is :/O
It's what they used to connect to the internet in prehistoric times. I'm pretty sure that's how the Flintstones got online. :*))
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They still make dial-up?
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I don't even know what dial up is :/O
Now I feel really old. Thanks for that.
I remember paying more for dial up than I am now paying for DSL.
Oh, and with today's fuel prices horse and buggy isn't looking so bad.
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I don't even know what dial up is :/O
Now I feel really old. Thanks for that.
I remember paying more for dial up than I am now paying for DSL.
Oh, and with today's fuel prices horse and buggy isn't looking so bad.
ahahaha, well at least if I die laughing it's a good way to go!! :*)) :*))
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I don't even know what dial up is :/O
Now I feel really old. Thanks for that.
I remember paying more for dial up than I am now paying for DSL.
Oh, and with today's fuel prices horse and buggy isn't looking so bad.
ahahaha, well at least if I die laughing it's a good way to go!! :*)) :*))
My plan is to die being shot by a jealous husband at the age of 99
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oh, is that you who is 99, or the jealous husband?
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oh, is that you who is 99, or the jealous husband?
Hopefully me, I'm not ready for Depends just yet though.
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Cannot imagine going back to dial up
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Cannot imagine going back to dial up
I can remember when we thought a 56k modem was FAST. LOL
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Cannot imagine going back to dial up
I can remember when we thought a 56k modem was FAST. LOL
A couple of months ago my internet service went out and I had to use dial-up to get online. It took forever and I couldn't believe that this was once my usual way of getting online. It's easy to get spoiled.
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As much time as my 16 year old spends on MySpace she would probably have a nervous breakdown if we went back to dial up!
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As much time as my 16 year old spends on MySpace she would probably have a nervous breakdown if we went back to dial up!
Maybe if she steps out of line, you can threaten her with that. ;D At her age, she can probably barely remember dial-up.
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Oh trust me...she would rather me go "old school" with a belt than take her computer priviledges away. Wish my dad would have thought that way.......then again we didn't have a computer..........OUCHHHHHH. I can STILL feel that leather belt!!
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I was prolly one of the last to be done with dial up...
had it up to 2004, maybe 2005
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Broadband...please bro!
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As much time as my 16 year old spends on MySpace she would probably have a nervous breakdown if we went back to dial up!
Man, this made me laugh out loud!
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Our desk top is still on dial up. I wish we could get broadband but we are 4 miles out of town which is 2 miles too far to get it. One day I was playing games on my new laptop and noticed that the internet was connected. So I started walking around with my laptop and found a band that I can get wireless in. It goes thru the dinig room and thru the living room in the house. I walked around the property and found it goes down to the mail box and then thru the woods to the property line. I found that it only works about 4' on either side of the 'wireless internet vein' as my wife calls it. I had to use dialup the other day and it took like 5 minutes to load my email, I could have died, lol.
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I just finally got broadband here around Christmas. I had never been on much and would usually just check e-mail, but now I'm always doing tons of research on narcotics, weapons, concealment methods, drug trends and all that FUN stuff. So high speed helps a lot with getting info faster.
Jer :popo
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Home machine is dial-up, I've been thinking about DSL, but I really don't know enough about the alternatives that are available. We could do it by our DishTV I guess, but I don't know of any other alternatives. We had a trial free wireless network for the City and I would us my laptop a lot then, but their business plan didn't work so now at home it's either dial-up or see if there is an unsecured wireless available---not nice I know but then it's running anyway! There's always the coffee shop type deal too.
At work, broadband, and my "electronics package" at the new job includes a laptop w/ wireless and air card, Blackberry, etc. So I guess that may also come in handy--but it's subject to a Big Brother system.
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Yeah, I've been on broadband for well over a decade now. I got my first cable modem, I think, in 1997. I have never looked back. It is more expensive, but dial up suuuuuuuuuccccckkkkksssssss....
I'd pretty much rather do without than go back to 56K.
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uh, i remember the time i got my first 28.8 dial-up somewhere in the early 90'ties.
it wasn't too bad at all. but since we got stuff like youtube and websites with flash and a ot off pictures there no way back.
i got my first 6 Mbit broadband connection this year and i love the speed.
6 Mbit is the highest level i can atm, becuase that country sides area here.
i tried to go online via my mobile phone a couple of weeks ago. just for checking it out. it works well, but it's really expensive. i won't use it anymore.
ben