16-02-2003 08:42									#1
	Opinions About Dial-Up ISP Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Our contract runs out in March and I'm tired of our ISP cutting us off every 4 hours, but the price isn't too bad. How is your ISP, cost and service?

	16-02-2003 08:45									#2
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I use Earthlink DSL, but previously I've used Earthlink dialup. I've never really run into any problems with either.

	16-02-2003 09:03									#3
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Dial-up = uke:

Once we tasted DSL service at my house, we never went back. In the rare ocurance that the DSL gets dropped, we still have our 56K modems to get email/news/blah, but DSL is great.

	16-02-2003 09:50									#4
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like everyone, once you've had broadband you can never go back.... i couldn't imagine life without my DSL modem (i love you Verizon!)

in the 2 years i've had it, my service has been down twice and only at obscure hours of the night/morning

its about $50 per month, but worth every cent (the music i pirate is probably worth more!)

internet access for multiple comps, no dailing up, no busy signals, no random drops, doesn't require another phone line, 15x faster download rates..... anything else i'm missing?

	16-02-2003 11:22									#5
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

I have Verizon dial-up in New Jersey, $20, goes on your phone bill instead of your credit card. I recently downloaded SMACX. 135 Mb, roughly twelve hours, no disconnects.

If your've doing nothing for twenty minutes or so, they will disconnect you - or maybe not, I've walked away forgetting to disconnect, it will often still be up four four hours later. It almost never disconnects while you're active. I don't remember the last time it happened playing Diablo II.

	16-02-2003 11:28									#6
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I went from cable and fractional T1 (home and school) to dial up (law school apartment). I just can't afford broadband until I'm sure I have a paying job for the summer... oh, and the dialup is totally free.

	16-02-2003 11:30									#7
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My college connection is silky smooth.

	16-02-2003 15:15									#8
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DSL unfortunately is not an option, thought about getting satellite connection with Direct TV, but that was too costly. I'll check into Verizon...

	16-02-2003 15:16									#9
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i'd recommend looking for local mom and pop isps. those are generally the best. you will usually have to test a few to find a good one though. dialup can be better than broadband sometimes. i've known several people in california who had great 56k access. ping times as low as 60ms to california servers(usually 90ms-120ms though, less than 200ms to east coast) along with high transfer rates above 8k(iirc).

i'd stay away from national isps those are usually worse overall. aol/msn are ok but if you want the best look for a locally run service. a good local dialup isp will never disconnect you, cost less than $15(sometimes as low as $5 especially if you know the owner!), and offer tech support(but no fancy worthless features like aol/msn).

	16-02-2003 15:18									#10
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I wouldn't go back to dial-up even if I was paid to.

Surely there is a broadband service available in your area for a comparable price to your current dial-up service? Broadband in some cases can even save you money, considering you never have to pay local call costs just to connect to your ISP. These can really add up.

Make sure you exhaust all available broadband providers (excluding AOL) before even looking at another dial-up service. Even then, don't look at AOL.

	16-02-2003 15:18									#11
	Got spare money?

What about a cable modem.... Beats the heck out of what you have.

	16-02-2003 15:22									#12
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We're rural, no cable available. We did go thru a local provider a while back and I was happy with the service, but they stopped providing the service and we went to another local provider and that wasn't satisfactory. Geez, some people are late-nighters, huh?

	16-02-2003 15:23									#13
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Just finished a MP game with War, Rah, and Hawk... still awake

	16-02-2003 15:27									#14
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you could get isdn, it has a range of 50 miles from the local telco if you pay for repeaters. it can be really expensive though. i'd check isdn if i were you. some places it costs over a $100 a month(like here, !#*%$) but others it can be as low as $30!

	17-02-2003 18:27									#15
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Dial-up sucks and sucks badly. I recently installed DSL at home and I'll never get back to dial-up. Never.

	17-02-2003 18:31									#16
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I had a cable modem and then moved to England where I'm on BT dailup. But soon, so soon, Tiscali Broadband will come and save me from this 56kps hell!

	17-02-2003 21:20									#17
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	17-02-2003 21:22									#18
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I have cable... Dialup sux0rz my nutz0rz

	17-02-2003 21:25									#19
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Sava. He can't get cable. He knows cable rocks.

	17-02-2003 21:26									#20
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I know, I just had to rub it in

	17-02-2003 21:43									#21
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It sucks. how about that for an opinion?

no DSLs or ADSLs? That's a shame. what is the problem. It's not like they're that much more expensive. I may even save me some money when I switch to ADSL in the upcoming months ( though it won't be REALLY broadband. more like medium band. )

	18-02-2003 00:04									#22
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I went to cable Internet after my *local* dial-up provider started to expand too much and let their existing service go to hell. Yeah, bigger is always better. Bullsh*t. I've had great service since switching to a regional cable Internet provider, the same kind of service I *used* to get from the local dial-up provider. But they're too busy expanding, getting bigger, to really focus much on their customers anymore.

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