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I have cable, yes it's comcrap, it's like $55 with modem rental? ... yes we get throttled every freaking weekend and it drives me insane. I made the switch from dial-up to dsl first in I think? 2006, I just couldn't take it anymore. Got Verizon dsl, that sometimes was slower than my dial-up. Only positive? I could use the phone while online. Ditched Verizon before my first month was up and went cable. At the time it was Roadrunner and I loved it.
My roommate uses msn dial-up, costs her a little over $25 a month and yes she does spend time on the computer. WHY she won't let her bf (who works in IT and knows how to set the network up) get her hooked up I'll never know. I even told her that I wouldn't expect her to kick in for the cable! I can't stand to be in her room and watch her try to load a page with more than say, 2 small images. It's like water torture. And updates? omg!
On the other hand, I have a friend who's only choice is ... dial-up. No dsl, no satellite (not that I'd want to use that), no cable - not tv, not internet. He's dying to get broadband to the point he made up a petition and got everyone in the neighborhood to sign it. Allegedly, they will now be getting dsl - in about 3 to 6 months. He's always online so the dial-up is making him insane, especially when dod yells that he needs to make a phone call (their cell won't work where they live - they're in a valley). Only positive? the dial-up he's using is only $10 a month and he almost always gets between 48kb and 50kb connection. That's alot better than most, heck it's better than my old dial-up.
My roommate uses msn dial-up, costs her a little over $25 a month and yes she does spend time on the computer. WHY she won't let her bf (who works in IT and knows how to set the network up) get her hooked up I'll never know. I even told her that I wouldn't expect her to kick in for the cable! I can't stand to be in her room and watch her try to load a page with more than say, 2 small images. It's like water torture. And updates? omg!
On the other hand, I have a friend who's only choice is ... dial-up. No dsl, no satellite (not that I'd want to use that), no cable - not tv, not internet. He's dying to get broadband to the point he made up a petition and got everyone in the neighborhood to sign it. Allegedly, they will now be getting dsl - in about 3 to 6 months. He's always online so the dial-up is making him insane, especially when dod yells that he needs to make a phone call (their cell won't work where they live - they're in a valley). Only positive? the dial-up he's using is only $10 a month and he almost always gets between 48kb and 50kb connection. That's alot better than most, heck it's better than my old dial-up.
