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Posted By: Bluto Samartino In Response To: Let me count the ways... (nath)
Tuesday, 31 January 2006, at 9:01 p.m.
You can get Verizon DSL for $14.95/mo. You do not have to download music or watch movies online to benefit from the speed of high speed. Even the Verizon $14.95 package is 100 times faster than dial up and it is cheaper than MANY Dialup ISPs. I believe AOL and even Earthlink are both over $20/mo.
I have a VERY new system. Very fast and very lush with 2G of memory. I too open multiple browser windows. I can tell you that you are wasting a lot of time with dialup and opening many windows at once. Even this site which i simple loads in so much faster on high speed.
If time = money to you on the internet (meaning you run a business) dialup will eat up your time quickly.
Verizon has faster speeds available, but that lowest one is fast enough for most things.
And by the way, if you own any websites you would know that it is a total waste of time when uploading files to your server.
Simply put, dialup is not for business or serious internet users. Fact is, there is a whole lot more to the internet than just the world wide web. That is only one part of it.
But I do agree. If all you do is visit a few simple sites that are mainly text, you do not run a business and a website, then dial up is usually fast enough. But seeing how DSL is so cheap, even cheaper than dialup, it makes no sense to not get slow DSL, unless it isn;t available to you.
Bluto
> I am. Still using dial-up even tho' I can more than afford a DSL or
> high-speed.
> You see, it all depends on what you use the Internet for. I don't download
> music and rarely watch any video clips. And I'm so used to open several
> windows at a time that I seldom notice the slower speed because I am
> almost always able to read what I want to read by switching from screen to
> screen.
> You assume that people who choose to do dial-up use AOL. In reality, there
> are *many* reliable providers that offer cheaper service; as low as
> $5.95/month (or up to $9.95). Let's do the math. That's $29/month. Or
> $348/year. In 10 years, $3,480. Without interest.
> This is the same thing as cell phone. I can afford the most expensive cell
> plan, yet I use a prepaid cell since I only use it mostly for emergency.
> That's a saving of $240/year. In 10 years, $2,400. Without interest.
> With compounding interest, and after many years, the savings could add up
> to... um, maybe $15,880?
> I don't know about you, but I could certainly use that $$$ and put it to
> good use.
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