I can't see why anyone still uses AOL when there are much cheaper (and in most cases faster) dial-up solutions out there. As Ross Perot might say, "Look at this here chart..."
AOL (56K): $20-25 / Month
Net Zero (56K): $10 / Month
Net Zero (250K): $15 / Month
Or you could just bite the bullet and get a cable modem or DSL, which are usually competitively priced so that one of them is only around $30. That'll get you anywhere between 1500K and 5000K depending on who your provider is.
I have DSL. It's cheaper than 56k and a second line for phones.
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An old account of mine, recently cleared out. It's a blast to the past, the age was marked as 14 when I found it. If you know where to look, you can track me. Au revoir.
a computer shop just down the road from me has an industrial DSL connection which is insanely fast, somewhere in the region of 10mbps. then again they have a permanent connection to Manchester Airport so an important connection like that is probably needed.
im only on 56k but on wednesday ill be getting broadband just 512kbs but unlimited bandwidth so woo! BT have finally acknowledged that rural people want broaband too
[Quote]Pete Nattress :for 3 megabits per second you'd need a pretty thick pipe. it's not impossible.
Most A/DSL modems can currently support up to 8mbps, its currenlty possible to get 3mbps but many providers aren't going to put that much money in bringing it commercially.
I did work experience a few months ago at a Government building in Australia. I found that there was a 2gigabit fiberoptic cable running up the east coast of queensland. Imagine what you could do with that!
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If you know where to look, you can track me. Au revoir.
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just 512kbs but unlimited bandwidth so woo! BT have finally acknowledged that rural people want broaband too
