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 Vchat20Landing is the REAL challengePremium
join:2003-09-16
Columbus, OH | In reality... At the price many of these dialup providers are charging, even Earthlink, many DSL/Cable providers offer tiers that give them a run for their money in both speed and price. Time Warner here does offer a lite tier for $24.95/mo which offers speeds of 768k/128k which is much more bearable than dialup any day.
Our household has been terribly cash strapped lately and dropping broadband for dialup hasn't even been considered for this exact reason. The minimal savings being traded off for massive headaches from the speed just isn't worth it. 3 computers in the house would not make it on dialup, period. But even the 768/128 tier is perfectly usable with all 3 going at once (unless you try to do Netflix, youtube, etc.. Browsing and small downloads are fine.)
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Franklin, TN | said by Vchat20:At the price many of these dialup providers are charging, even Earthlink, many DSL/Cable providers offer tiers that give them a run for their money in both speed and price. Time Warner here does offer a lite tier for $24.95/mo which offers speeds of 768k/128k which is much more bearable than dialup any day. Our household has been terribly cash strapped lately and dropping broadband for dialup hasn't even been considered for this exact reason. The minimal savings being traded off for massive headaches from the speed just isn't worth it. 3 computers in the house would not make it on dialup, period. But even the 768/128 tier is perfectly usable with all 3 going at once (unless you try to do Netflix, youtube, etc.. Browsing and small downloads are fine.) I have to agree that tighter wallets have really picked up our wireless business. We offer at the lowest tier 1024k/200k Internet connection for $9.99 a month (includes 3 accounts for 3 computers at the same with no bandwidth sharing, all get the same speed)
Covers basically all the web surfing, youtube, e-mail, that most people want or need. Faster tiers available of course, but usually only the power users really want the extra bandwidth. 
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 sivranBack to Opera againPremium
join:2003-09-15
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Except that many of the folks on dialup probably can't get broadband at that price, if at all.
My grandfather lives out in the boonies, and has two choices: Earthlink dialup, and a WISP that's too expensive.
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