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el camino Real
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join:2001-12-16
CM94sv | Ha, It's been a Looong time... Ha, It's been a Looong time since VZ offered dialup with their broadband.  | |
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SuperJoker
join:2005-11-21
Yermo, CA | Re: Ha, It's been a Looong time... I've even got a dialup 56K modem with a donated HP PC(m7470n Media Center).
But yeah I don't think Verizon has dialup as a backup for DSL anymore, I could ask, But why? | |
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FastiBook
join:2003-01-08
Newtown, PA | They offer 3 days of dialup access in the event of complete unintentional service disruption in our contract.
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burgerwars
join:2004-09-11
Northridge, CA
 ·voip.ms
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2 edits | Dial-up. I haven't used dial-up in ages. With few computers being built with a modem, less customers are even able to use dial-up as a back-up, unless they go out and buy a modem. Dial-up may still be available for users in rural areas, or users who just don't want (or can) pay for broadband, but as an extra perk for broadband customers, few will use it.
And for users who still must use dial-up, they're being totally forgotten about by web developers. Pages with so much flash, video, complex graphics, etc., are just standard these days. To browse the web relying on dial-up has got to be very painful. | |
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Duramax08
Oh rly?
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | Re: Dial-up. They always forget me  | |
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join:2007-10-20
St John'S, NL
 ·NBTel now Aliant
| said by burgerwars  :I haven't used dial-up in ages. With few computers being built with a modem, less customers are even able to use dial-up as a back-up, unless they go out and buy a modem. Dial-up may still be available for users in rural areas, or users who just don't want (or can) pay for broadband, but as an extra perk for broadband customers, few will use it. And for users who still must use dial-up, they're being totally forgotten about by web developers. Pages with so much flash, video, complex graphics, etc., are just standard these days. To browse the web relying on dial-up has got to be very painful. I've been stuck on dial-up for years... I manage, but it sucks. That's what you get for living in the middle of nowhere, I guess. | |
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Duramax08
Oh rly?
join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX | Re: Dial-up. I never knew less then 1 mile from city limits is nowhere. | |
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Edrick
Premium
join:2004-09-11
Orlando, FL | ISP WiFi? Well I have BrightHouse here and I've never seen anywhere that they offer free WiFi to customers and when I had Verizon FIOS the same was true do they now? | |
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join:2004-09-11
Orlando, FL | Re: ISP WiFi? That's pretty crazy "wifi isn't available on Macintosh computers" according to their site | |
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rchandra
Stargate S G-1 And Atlantis Fan
Premium
join:2000-11-09
14225-2105
clubs:
| Re: ISP WiFi? said by Edrick :That's pretty crazy "wifi isn't available on Macintosh computers" according to their site ...at least not their service.
I love what Nick Francesco (one of the co-hosts of Sound Bytes) said about Web developers who program to Internet Explorer, and refuse usage or support of anything but IE. To paraphrase, it's like standing outside a shop, and counting customers going in...1, 2, 3, 4...8, and then turning away the 9th and 10th customers. Similarly, they somehow purposefully want to turn away the growing Mac market, and fart in the general direction of Linux and indeed even some XP users.
I mean, I get it...they want to limit their support liability...but geeeeeezzz....no Macbooks? No 64-bit systems? I mean, there's focus, then there's just stupidity.
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Dragasoni
We're All Mad Here
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join:2001-12-14
Rotonda West, FL | Yes they do offer WiFi, google "brighthouse wifi" and you'll see the link. I'm on my iPod touch right now, so no cut and paste to get you the link.
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Dennis
Premium,Mod
join:2001-01-26
Algonquin, IL | AT&T DSL offers it AT&T still offers it for DSL, heck I'll be using it here in a second when my UPS dies. | |
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gdm
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | Re: AT&T DSL offers it AT&T U-Verse users get free dialup as well. Sucks about the power man. | |
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gdm
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | Re: AT&T DSL offers it I'd agree. Something is better then nothing. It'd be nice if I could tether my iPhone for free without jailbreaking. | |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Re: AT&T DSL offers it said by gdm :I'd agree. Something is better then nothing. It'd be nice if I could tether my iPhone for free without jailbreaking. I disagree. having nothing is much better than dialup. Using dialup would be wasting time since it's so slow. I would rather drive to a WiFi hotspot than even begin to mess with dialup., | |
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gdm
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-15
Mchenry, IL
clubs: | Re: AT&T DSL offers it Not everywhere has wifi setup. Sorry but something is better then nothing. I'm sorry but to check basic email or something dialup is fine. | |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
·Verizon FIOS
2 edits | Re: AT&T DSL offers it said by gdm :Not everywhere has wifi setup. Sorry but something is better then nothing. I'm sorry but to check basic email or something dialup is fine. Everytime I check my email I have at a minimum several MBs to download. Dialup is not capable of handling that. Not when I have hundreds of megabytes each day to download from my 60+ email accounts.
I could have possibly still used dialupduring the last century, but my needs have greatly exceeded dialup during all of the 21st century.
Using dialup would be like going back to watch SD. It just isn't going to happen. Most of the TV I've watched has been in HD since 2001. there is no way I could go back to SD watching, just like there is no way I could go back to dial up internet connectivity. It's too slow even for email. | |
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join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| said by aaronwt :said by gdm :I'd agree. Something is better then nothing. It'd be nice if I could tether my iPhone for free without jailbreaking. I disagree. having nothing is much better than dialup. Using dialup would be wasting time since it's so slow. I would rather drive to a WiFi hotspot than even begin to mess with dialup., How would I take a desktop to a WiFi hotspot? Not everyone has a laptop. We are not all business people or in school. I have no need of a laptop...except maybe now when Road Runner goes down as it does fairly often (twice this month) and I have no dialup backup anymore. I don't like laptops. To me, they are for folks who are forced to use them for a particular reason but they are so inferior to desktops that you wouldn't have one unless you had to for business or school. Besides, nearest RR hotspot is 5 miles from here and gas is too expensive to justify driving there just for that...plus you have to get dressed to do that! You can use your desktop in your home nude if you want to without even combing your hair  ...why would anyone WANT to go to Borders, or the mall in order to have an RR hotspot? i've never understood it when I see people using a computer in Starbuck's. One reason to leave your home is to get away from the computer so why would you drag it around with you when you leave the house in order to do non computer stuff?
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aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA | Re: AT&T DSL offers it I can't say I've ever left home to get away from a computer. | |
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ssj4android
Redefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI
| That's assuming the WiFi hotspot offers faster speeds. I was at Meijer (a Midwest version of Walmart) and needed to load up a page to send an email. There was a Starbucks, so I assumed I could get access through an AT&T hotspot. Nope, had to use the store owned hotspot that went slower than dialup. And it didn't work with Ubuntu for some some reason, so I had to reboot into XP first. | |
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nokiatech
join:2000-10-18
Stuart, FL | Don't have it and couldn't use it anyway. My PC doesn't have a modem and the house doesn't have a hardline. If my connection goes down I just tether to my phone. | |
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join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| Re: Don't have it and couldn't use it anyway. said by nokiatech :My PC doesn't have a modem and the house doesn't have a hardline. If my connection goes down I just tether to my phone. Yep. Most/all geeks will tether to their 2.5G (CDMA 1x, or EDGE, maybe GPRS) or 3G phone before resorting to dialup. | |
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MJimLay
aka FlexBaud
Premium
join:2004-10-06
Beach Haven
clubs: | Cox Cox still offers backup dial-up as a perk for their HSI. As unstable as my internet connection is at times, there are times I wish I could use it but I no longer have a land line. | |
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Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| Re: Dial-Up Back Up not seen at Embarq or Comcast! i havent, when my cable modem is down it has been usually due to a power failure in which case my computer is down anyway. i have a UPS but if i fired up a game while on battery my rig would burn through the charge in no time.
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pstewart
Premium,VIP
join:2005-10-12
Peterborough, ON
| Usenet still offered ;) Dial backup and full usenet binaries still offered to all our customers here 
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puddleglum
@xmission.com | We still have dial-up backup The last I heard, Xmission was still offering dial-up backup to their DSL and Utopia customers. You can't use both simultaneously, though. You need to bring down your broadband in order to dial-up. | |
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keysgate
join:2003-03-15
Trenton, MI | Re: Wow WOW offers a dial-up backup and it is not free. Also they will pro-rate it for actual days used. Not bad unless you forget to call and have them shut it back off.  | |
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aaronwt
Premium
join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA
2 edits | Dial Up backup? i wouldn't even consider dial up. The last time I used dial up was in 1997 then I switched to a 5mbs down/1mbs up cable connection.
I would rather not have any internet access than mess with dial up. | |
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Boricua65
join:2002-01-26
Puerto Rico
| Re: Dial Up backup? said by aaronwt :I would rather not have any internet access than mess with dial up. When I lived in Oakland (CA), I had AT&T DSL and was provided dial-up back up. One of the times that I moved I used their dial-up until I got DSL back and it was painfully slow. This was all in the early part of the decade.
Now, I have U-Verse, don't have dial tone and could care less if there's a dial-up backup or not. Damn thing is tooooo slow and I don't have a dial tone anyways.
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kustomjs
join:2006-12-12
Coldwater, OH
1 edit | dial up with broadband plans I know bright.net in ohio here still offer dial up (with broadband packages) but I wish more broadband company's would offer it. | |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
·Optimum Online
| Optimum Online I don't believe Optimum Online ever offered it and even if they did, I don't have a modem handy to utilize it. Plus with so many people using cable voice, how will you dial out if the cable is out?
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join:2005-01-20
London, ON
·Bell Sympatico
| Bell Canada Internet Bell Canada Internet (formerly Sympatico Internet) does still offer limited free dialup to new plans and existing customers. Usage is limited to 10 hours per month, and a list of access numbers covers most area codes, however there are some pockets in which users will incur long distance charges as no local access number is available.
Bell Canada does still offer dialup only plans, however all information and pricing has been purged from their website making comparison shopping impossible. The impetus is to sign up all new customers into the highest priced DSL plans regardless if the technology is in place (or functional), or into their overloaded bastardized sub-WiMax-certified rural system (which requires professional hardware installation).
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alanhdsl
Premium
join:1999-10-09
Phoenix, AZ
·Qwest.net
| Cox I had it with Qwest's now-defunct VDSL, but my Cox plan only offers it as extra-cost.
It was mainly useful when traveling, but hotel WiFi or ethernet is becoming common, albeit sometimes expensive. Now, I usually turn on Verizon Wireless tethering for the days I'm away. It's $60/mo but you can add or remove the feature at will, so it works out to $2/day, much cheaper than paying a hotel's $10+ fee. | |
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roc5955
Premium
join:2005-11-26
Rosendale, NY | No need for dialup... ...just tether your cell phone, and Voila! Internet!
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BabyBear
Keep wise ...with Night-Owl
join:2007-01-11
| Don't forget me! My name is Shell Account and I used to be a part of everyone's account too! You could surf the web (lynx), send email (pine) and run screen and leave persistent IRC connections going.
On an old Win98SE box still have NetTerm installed. | |
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puddleglum
@xmission.com
| Re: Don't forget me! Xmission will still give their customers shell access if they ask for it.  There have been a few times I haven't been able to download a podcast because the server kept timing out on me. I got it by logging into my shell account on Xmission, quickly grabbing it from there with wget (it's a Debian Linux bash shell), and then transferring it to my home machine in due time. | |
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