Posted by Liberal's Worst Nightmare on August 21, 2008, 10:49 am
The cheapest dial-up yields at least one busy signal every third day
and downloads 24-48 kbps.
Another one rarely has a busy signal, downloads 24-48, and has a nice
Usenet server.
The third one never has a busy signal but dowload speed never tops 28.
Total monthly cost for all 3 is about the same as one DSL which is now
available here.
Sure would like to have DSL to see video clips, youtube, etc.
Unfortunately, the reports about DSL product reliability and lousy
support have scared me off.
Posted by George Grapman on August 21, 2008, 11:48 am
Liberal's Worst Nightmare wrote:
> The cheapest dial-up yields at least one busy signal every third day
> and downloads 24-48 kbps.
>
> Another one rarely has a busy signal, downloads 24-48, and has a nice
> Usenet server.
>
> The third one never has a busy signal but dowload speed never tops 28.
>
> Total monthly cost for all 3 is about the same as one DSL which is now
> available here.
>
> Sure would like to have DSL to see video clips, youtube, etc.
>
> Unfortunately, the reports about DSL product reliability and lousy
> support have scared me off.
I have AT&T dial up and my complaints are basically the same as when
I had dial up (email,news server).
Posted by Rod Speed on August 21, 2008, 1:53 pm
> The cheapest dial-up yields at least one busy signal
> every third day and downloads 24-48 kbps.
> Another one rarely has a busy signal, downloads 24-48, and has a nice
> Usenet server.
> The third one never has a busy signal but dowload speed never tops 28.
> Total monthly cost for all 3 is about the same as one DSL which is now
> available here.
> Sure would like to have DSL to see video clips, youtube, etc.
> Unfortunately, the reports about DSL product reliability and lousy
> support have scared me off.
More fool you. My DSL has been much more reliable than dialup ever was.
Posted by Gordon on August 21, 2008, 5:26 pm
Relaxin@home.net (Liberal's Worst Nightmare) wrote in
> The cheapest dial-up yields at least one busy signal every third day
> and downloads 24-48 kbps.
>
> Another one rarely has a busy signal, downloads 24-48, and has a nice
> Usenet server.
>
> The third one never has a busy signal but dowload speed never tops 28.
>
> Total monthly cost for all 3 is about the same as one DSL which is now
> available here.
>
> Sure would like to have DSL to see video clips, youtube, etc.
>
> Unfortunately, the reports about DSL product reliability and lousy
> support have scared me off.
Join the 21st Century and get DSL. Plenty of people have DSL
and never experience a problem. If you like Unenet, you may
want to keep the dialup that has the good usenet server. You may
be able to log into the server from your DSL connection. Try it
and see.
Posted by Jack on August 21, 2008, 5:40 pm
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:26:19 +0200 (CEST), Gordon
>Relaxin@home.net (Liberal's Worst Nightmare) wrote in
>> The cheapest dial-up yields at least one busy signal every third day
>> and downloads 24-48 kbps.
>>
>> Another one rarely has a busy signal, downloads 24-48, and has a nice
>> Usenet server.
>>
>> The third one never has a busy signal but dowload speed never tops 28.
>>
>> Total monthly cost for all 3 is about the same as one DSL which is now
>> available here.
>>
>> Sure would like to have DSL to see video clips, youtube, etc.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the reports about DSL product reliability and lousy
>> support have scared me off.
>Join the 21st Century and get DSL. Plenty of people have DSL
>and never experience a problem. If you like Unenet, you may
>want to keep the dialup that has the good usenet server. You may
>be able to log into the server from your DSL connection. Try it
>and see.
Sure would like to.
Yeah, I understand that you can keep a dial-up for back up but need to
remove the DSL stuff and revert to the dial-up wiring and connection
set-up.
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> and downloads 24-48 kbps.
>
> Another one rarely has a busy signal, downloads 24-48, and has a nice
> Usenet server.
>
> The third one never has a busy signal but dowload speed never tops 28.
>
> Total monthly cost for all 3 is about the same as one DSL which is now
> available here.
>
> Sure would like to have DSL to see video clips, youtube, etc.
>
> Unfortunately, the reports about DSL product reliability and lousy
> support have scared me off.