Dial up vs Broadband connections
I was reading an article about how many people with dial up Internet claim that the reason they have the dial up is because it costs less than the broadband connection does. I have to wonder what their provider options are; perhaps they are too rural to have enough competition to make the broadband more affordable.
Before broadband became available in our area, we had dial-up Internet. We liked it because that provided us access to the Internet, and that was the only option available. But it was very slow. But we put up with it because we HAD to. Our phone line was so buy with personal calls, however, that we had to get a separate private line just for the Internet so that we could be able to talk on the phone while using the Internet. Cell phone coverage was too spotty to be able to use the cell phone as our home phone. I don’t care WHAT the Verizon commercials claim, we have Verizon and we can’t even talk on our cell phones at home! Oh, don’t even get me started on that one!
Anyway, when broadband became available, the cost of the broadband, when compared to the cost of the dial up service AND the cost of the private line was actually cost competitive, so we switched to the broadband service. And I have to say I LOVE IT! It si SO MUCH FASTER!