Speaking only for myself, I could never go back to a dialup connection after having been on broadband systems (cable and satellite) for four years. When I am forced into using a dialup or other slow system (e.g. when I'm in Labrador; also, I used a cellphone connection when on the road), it's so slow that I get very frustrated. Further, I use the internet to pay all my bills and I do heavy eBay traffic - most secure websites just won't download or download so slowly (15 to 30 minutes for one page in the extreme) as to make snailmail appear to be at warp drive.
At 11:32 -0600 28/12/2004, Bill Hawkins wrote: >It seems from the answers I received that Direcway is the choice. >It is costly! >For us that live way out in country, it may be the only way to get fast >internet. >For us who live way out in the country and have a phone line, we must weigh >cost vs speed. >Thanks for replies. >Bill W5EC -- 73 de Fred K2FRD, VO2FS http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/K2FRD.html Free Subscription To OCARG EAGLE, a newsletter for ham radio Scouters http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/ocarg.htm for info. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
