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June 15th, 2007, 07:22 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
Dial up should be outlawed..
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June 16th, 2007, 01:19 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
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Dial up should be outlawed..
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That would restrict access to the Internet to the financially well-off. Broadband is still a luxury. The only reason I'm even considering it is that Verizon's cheapest DSL offers are less than my current dial-up, at least initially.
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June 16th, 2007, 02:08 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
Broadband can cost as low as $15 a month (in urban areas). Sure you have to agree to a year long contract, and it won't be blazingly fast, but it can be in the same price range as dialup. That being said, I don't agree with the assertion that dialup should be outlawed.
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June 16th, 2007, 02:32 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
It should not be *nessesary*...
This side of the pond sucks for net access, it seems.
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June 16th, 2007, 05:33 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
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This side of the pond sucks for net access, it seems.
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Agreed. No land-line high-speed access where I live, and the wireless transmitter just happens to be on a mountain that is out of line-of-sight 
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June 17th, 2007, 01:04 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
The year-long contract doesn't bother me; it's not being able to find out what the current "standard" rate is so that I'll have some idea what it's going to jump to after the first year. The only place I've been able to find numbers for that are in blogs from people complaining about poor customer service incidents.
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June 17th, 2007, 02:11 PM
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Re: OT: Somthing ODD
At least with the SBC deal I used to have, the standard rate was 29.99. But by that point you can always cancel it and get something else.  The salesman on the line will tell you what the rate will become after the special ends. |
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