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[granpa]

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Well, I use dial up because I live in an area where I do not get cell phone reception, no cable, no DSL, and certainly will not pay for sattelite. So for 14.95 a month with unlimited time, I can not complain. I wish I could game though...

kylehassler,
A welcome from me as well. 
I know what you mean about the no cable, no DSL. I had free dial-up a number of years back with Bell Atlantic. They had a special in N.Y.S. if you get one of 2 longest plans (300 & 500 minutes) your internet service was free. I got the 300 for $24.95. month. I lost my phone service a couple of years after Verizon took over, no repairs, but I already had 2-way Sat by then. I would say many here have had dial-up and know how to get to most out of it. Feel free with your questions, of any sort and welcome again. 

[kylehassler]

Thank you for the welcome,

                        I am new to many of the deep down functions of the computer world, but am slowly learning. I appreciate sites like these that have people helping people, because we can.I am currently running (dual boot) both Xandros and Windows Pro on a Dell XPS with two 3.2GHz pentium chips, two Gigs of memory, ATI Radeon 9550 video card,  Creative Labs sound and blah blah blah... I am hoping to learn more on how to control my Linux boot more. I like the challenge of making things work or for that matter, what makes things work.
                   I thank you for the comments, only for I can fell for dial up users. I play UO because I can, meaning it's the only one that my dial up can handle. I wouldn't mind being able to try some of them new ones.

Kyle

[xch1ckenzx]

you ppl in us are so lucky i pay 130TT which is equivalent to 25Us for dialup(56k). and my download speeds is 3kb/s and sometimes 4kb/s. and dsl here is like 400TT which is somewhere 65US. the download speeds are like 30kb/s

[tommie gorman]

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you ppl in us are so lucky i pay 130TT which is equivalent to 25Us for dialup(56k). and my download speeds is 3kb/s and sometimes 4kb/s. and dsl here is like 400TT which is somewhere 65US. the download speeds are like 30kb/s

only if they live in a big US city. The rest of us have to use more expensive alternatives. 

[mudmanc4]

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you ppl in us are so lucky i pay 130TT which is equivalent to 25Us for dialup(56k). and my download speeds is 3kb/s and sometimes 4kb/s. and dsl here is like 400TT which is somewhere 65US. the download speeds are like 30kb/s

Yes we are lucky . It's just we have been accustomed to getting what we want , when we want it, therefore we demand , as a culture , in so many unspoken terms, that we get these prices. We do however, feel these prices are way to high for the service we get. Imagine that.

[Siryak]

Here is a pretty good and cheap dial-up ISP --->http://neandertech.com/

[tommie gorman]

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We do however, feel these prices are way to high for the service we get. Imagine that.

I think the FIOS customers are the most spoiled. 

[mudmanc4]

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I think the FIOS customers are the most spoiled. 

I would have to agree, of course , I am a bit biased .

BTW , is the new server online? because my connection here is much better, and my speed here proves it !..................and , the time was 12  hours off  lol

[tommie gorman]

It does look like the time is straightened up after all. Hadn't noticed till you said something. 

[justinlay]

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I would have to agree, of course , I am a bit biased .

BTW , is the new server online? because my connection here is much better, and my speed here proves it !..................and , the time was 12  hours off  lol

Ive notied its running better

[tommie gorman]

I still think mine has room for improvement. 

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 47232 Kbps about 47.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 5766 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2007/07/09 - 6:51pm
Bottom Line:: 824X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.18 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 2.109 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 2244.02 % faster than the average for host (spcsdns.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-PGN9OBKYC
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30) [!]

Still doen't test right yet. Cant remember where the cell phone test is hidden.

[justinlay]

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I still think mine has room for improvement. 

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 47232 Kbps about 47.2 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 5766 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2007/07/09 - 6:51pm
Bottom Line:: 824X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.18 sec
Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 2.109 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 2244.02 % faster than the average for host (spcsdns.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-PGN9OBKYC
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)

Still doen't test right yet. Cant remember where the cell phone test is hidden.

You going to make them Fios people mad

[mudmanc4]

Good one tommie 

[RyanS]

i was like...hey thats cached...then realized it was a joke...LOL...i need to  pay more attention