Daniel Johnson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've happily been on dial-up for decades. >> I fondly remember upgrade to 1200 BAUD ;) >> My ISP is terminating dial-up connectivity in ~ 6 weeks. >> I'm flatout not interested in $%$!$#^ providers who think all >> need MEGA*GIGAbytes > > [snip] > The standard target that rural ISP's are trying to make is the minimum > for Netflix instant. > > There are still some people beyond the length limit of DSL that don't > have line of sight to a wireless carrier so I'm sure there are still a > few dial up providers in Oregon, but I don't know who. AOL isn't dead > yet. >
Clarification: I'm not looking to remain on dialup. I'm saying that that dialup rates well on a cost/performance metric. Higher speed has value. Ridiculously large monthly transfer a waste of money. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
