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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker
get a faster connection
From a friend, LAST year, I actually had a HUGE fall out and he refuses to speak to me because I suggested other alternatives
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I have no problem with suggested alternatives, and am still open to options...Just that none are practical in my rural area...I could write a long thread on getting/waiting on cable install lists, town ordinances against tree trimming for sat connection (only two sats visible at 35º above the horizon), DSL only available with the bundle that I have no need for but can't get anyway being more than three miles from the telco 'office', no FIOS in my area, local telco still upgrading from aluminum lines to copper, specific operating system required by broadband provider (no Linux!), local weather limiting sat connections...Lots more...
I keep investigating new ways to connect; the Tether is a good example, but I am limited to 5GB per month with that...And GB will suspend my account [again!] if I use it on their site...
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AND Etats Unis / surely your security concerns and paranoia are not so bad that you can't put in a state?
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Sorry...It was my feeble attempt at humor...
Edit: Here's an interesting thread on the webmaster's forum about percentage of users still on dial-up and why...
http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster/4087174.htm
It's still not clear how many aren't on broadband connections (or can't get it) or where these numbers come from...Is it 35% of the general population??? 35% of telephone users??? Or 35% of the surveyed households extrapolated to the general populace???
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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker
And yes, when I lived in Palouse, WA, I was not only told no, but hell no you will never get cable.
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Edit2: It gets worse...Cable [here] and telco connections are competing...telco [Verizon at the moment; but they change/get bought every year or so) now offers Internet access, and Time Warner Cable offers Internet phone...
Right now, the telco [Verizon] only offers bundling, Cable offers bundling too - with different levels of TV coverage...Gold, Silver, and Bronze 'packages'...Verizon won't break up their bundle, and you can only lease the equipment...The base cost for either will run about ~$300+ per month (if they will even install it at my address)...Dial-up costs me $16 month for the server plus ~$52 month for phone service...
I used to beta test for Microsoft [free O/S's!] which was a big incentive for my getting broadband, but now my dial-up server offers to download my beta ISO's via their Fractional T1 connection so I don't have to...
If I can get broadband for what I'm paying for dial-up (or a reasonable amount extra), I'll get it...
I don't have enough information yet but I think if I got a tablet PC with integrated cell phone (like my BlackBerry has) I could use that for internet access and ditch my dial-up ISP...And my BlackBerry...