On Oct 9, 1:40=A0pm, barbara...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:51:54 -0400, TheGist <theg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >I have dial up at home and don't mind it one bit.
> >I have incredibly fast internet and work and at school
> >and at every coffee shop in the area. I figure maybe I should spend
> >my time at home doing something else besides being online!
> >Books, crossword puzzles, and such seem to be better ways to spend my
> >downtime when I am at home.
> >That said, I very happy with the ISP I use and if I were to upgrade to
> >DSL I would intentionally go with them even though it would cost more.
> >The ISP I use iswww.copper.netand I like how they advertise that they
> >do not offshore work! That is something I like to sup****t! Their
dial-up
> >is at rock-bottom prices. Their DSL would be more than if I got it from
> >Verizon directly(copper.net would have to use Verizon's lines!) but I
> >would be more than happy to give my money to copper vs s***bag Verizon.
> >The only thing I wonder is if copper would have to pay Verizon off to
> >use their lines? I didn't think so because Verizon's POTS lines are a
> >legal monopoly and it would be ridiculous if they were able to abuse
> >their monopoly power in this way. Why, it seems almost unamerican. ;)
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> We had copper.net and were very happy with it. [We changed for other
> reasons].
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> Another option no one has mentioned is Satellite. Some people in our
> area have it because there is no cable OR dsl where they live and they
> chose not to go the via cell phone route. A drawback they have found
> to that is, that if you go over your bandwidth for a month the
> provider slows down your speed to below dial in speeds for the rest of
> the month.
Another drawback to satellite is latency. That's the delay from when
you request a file to when it starts moving to your desktop. If you
are streaming big files, no sweat. You can get speeds up to 15mb
(possibly better now). On the other hand, I found that the opposite
result obtains when surfing. Here's why:
A typical web page is composed of many files. Each file has it's own
latency period. If you are on a busy satellite, you can realize
speeds *worse* than dial-up.
Been there, done that, got rid of the satellite service. didn't even
get a crummy T-****rt.
--
Mike
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