OT/Faster Dialup

One critical limitation with dial-up that no accelerator will help is how far you live from the local office. My office is 10 miles away and I live at the end of the circuit. People in town get true 50KB dial-up. I never got more than 19KB speed download using dial-up.

I finally converted to Dish Satellite Internet because that is the only other option I have. It's $49 per month. A lot faster,but NO WHERE CLOSE to DSL or Cable.

Safety & blue skies,

DJ

Then my old computer (10 years old) died and I had to have a new tower and keyboard and mouse.
The new computer has the very latest in speed and memory and now there is just about no waiting to download anything. Like a whole new world. I was quiet satisfied with the old one but am glad that I finally did have to upgrade when it died. I think the computer repairman said that it has a "worm" got into it. I had an antivius for a while but the old computer was so slow when the anti virus was working it killed the computer so I had disabled it. Mistake!

I got the package with Bell South that gives me unlimited access to the Internet, fast dsl modem, four or five filters for all my extensions and with the package I have unlimited long distance calling. The telephone is not affected by the use of the computer on line.

You do have to have a fiber optic cable close to the site of the computer and we have had a fiber optic line by our house for about 15 years or so now.

I like it.

Cost me nearly $100 a month but I do a lot of long distance calling now that I couldn't do before. I have found several of my old Air Force buddies that worked on B29s and B50s with me back in the fifties and have enjoyed being able to talk to the again for the first time in nearly 50 years. We were radial engine specialist.

Zane

According to the net-zero website:

"Before the text and graphics that make up Web pages get sent to your phone line, NetZero HiSpeed compresses them using a proprietary technology. Less data is sent so your surfing experience is that much faster! In addition, NetZero HiSpeed stores elements of frequently visited Web sites so they load faster on future visits. And with the NetZero HiSpeed pop-up blocker, you no longer have to wait for annoying pop-up ads to load."

Lemme know if you buy it and like it; I too suffer with a painfully slow dial-up connection. That's the price you pay to live in the boonies.

It's his only decent option in an area 1hr SW of Chattanooga.