Posted: 1/12/2013 8:11:00 PM EDT
Is there a single user on this site or the entire internet that uses 56k? Or has in the last, say 5 years? If so I would like to hear from you. I will check back in 2 days when this page loads for you. 
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| When I was stationed in Italy several years ago, the apartment I lived in was in this one tiny area of the town that did not get DSL so I was stuck with dial-up. The funny part was that I was able to pick up a few people's WiFi signal if I stood in one particular spot. |
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I had a friend that was a hillbilly hermit up in PA.
He died last year, but up until then, he used dial-up WebTV. He liked it and didn't want to have to learn how to use a computer. He had to buy a used WebTV box when his went out because the company had quit making them years before. |
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This thread has been done several times before. There is a lot of members here using 56K,,,,, Me being one. Serious? Is it the only service available in your area? Serious,,,, The phone company offers what they call "high speed internet" My neighbor has it, but my dialup is faster, for half the price. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: This thread has been done several times before. There is a lot of members here using 56K,,,,, Me being one. Serious? Is it the only service available in your area? Serious,,,, The phone company offers what they call "high speed internet" My neighbor has it, but my dialup is faster, for half the price. Safe to say you live in the middle of nowhere... |
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2-3G on a cellular connection. It sucks.
There is nothing else available. Period. Phone lines are still analog with MECHANICAL switching FFS. Satellite is out. Waay too expensive, and too many trees would have to come down. Obama paid for cellular Broadband provider to set up service to the local FSA in town, but no dice out here in the woods, where all 7 of us taxpayers live. 
I figure with the number of Illegals wintering over in ratty assed rentals, and signing up all 87 of thier damn kids for all the free shit, sooner or later, they will expand the access to Broadband. |
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Very soon companies like AT&T and Verizon will be selling internet access straight from the cell tower. With speeds faster than DSL.
The beauty of it is that no cable needed no phone line other than a cell contract and you can dump your land line phone service just buy a wireless modem and hook up to the nearest 4G LTE tower. And eventually it will do away with cable TV. with the major carriers upgrading the back haul to their cell location in far out locations and buying up to 1G of throughput they can offer fast speed to bubba in the trailer in the woods of West Virgina. This I know, we are making a killing selling 150Mgs to Verizon T-Mobile and AT&T through our fiber optic network. They are buying 150Mg now but pretty soon they will be looking to buy 1G of service. |
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Thanks for that! Reminds me of the good ol 90's |