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544634B

@charter.com

Still Decent

Bottom line is most people never truely achive 56K (Usually much lower than that), any form of cable internet still frees up the phone line, and many dial-up providers still charge $20/mo... so all in all this is a fairly decent deal for dial-up converts who are reluctant to change.

cbiggers

join:2000-08-10
San Luis Obispo, CA

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but many people have a second phone line for their dialup connection. This alone costs anywhere from $10-$20 a month more depending on where you are and what options you have on it...factor that in with the additional cost of your dialup isp, and you have a pretty good bargain at $20 a month for 64kbps service. That's most likely a TRUE 64kbps bi-directional, compared to the very lackluster performance of 56k with all of the compression garbage ISP's sometimes like to put on server side to try and increase download times (The AOL .art image should have never been made). There are many people who would love to have an entry way into the broadband world, but don't want to have their computer instantly hooked up to all that raw power (many elderly people feel this way). I think its a great idea, and I don't know why people are complaining about it - if you don't like it, don't buy it! Everyone deserves to have a choice and its nice to see one instead of a single, $40 a month package that you must choose.


shit

join:2003-07-14
Skowhegan, ME
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I think the package should be at least 500kbps download and 128kbps upload at least if they are charging $20 a month.I pay $30 a month and get 3000/768 on my dsl connection.But still its not too bad having 64/64 for $20,as long as it will bring the customers,that's all that matters.


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