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Cheap Dial-Up ISPs Gain Ground
prostoalex writes "PC World takes a look at the proliferation of sub-$10-per-month Internet service providers and notices that the market for low-priced dial-up access is actually up in this weak economy. The low rates, with $4.75 per month quoted as the cheapest, are not abundant with features, and many of the dial-up providers don't give you an e-mail account or Web space, but it seems to be a plausible option for many. But reliability is a big issue, since 'about 20 of the startup ISPs [...] shutter within a year.'"
The Broadband companies and the Internet Porn companies are teaming up to get people to buy broadband connections for faster porn access.
They get them hooked via these cheapie dial-up outfits, then migrate them over to the cable or DSL when the porn addiction sets in.
Opinionated Law Student Strikes Again!
saying that you can get DSL-like speeds, i'm sure Joe Sixpack will get in on that $9.95 a month deal in a hurry.
you don't need broadband for many uses!
Shhhhhh! Have you forgotten where we are?
Moderation: +4. Modded 70% Funny and 30% Overrated. 100% Saturated.
You know, back in the day there was the Travelling Gentleman's Library. When you stopped at a hotel you'd go to the corner store, buy a Penthouse, get off, then stuff the mag way back at the top of the shelf above the clothes hangers. The maids never looked up there (they barely remove pubes from the toilets, you expect them to scour the areas they can't see?) but believe me the travelling salesmen would. Nearly half the hotel rooms you wound up in would have a porn rag or two stashed out of reach at the top of the shelf. These days, everyone gets their p0rn online so nobody leaves anything good in the hotels!!
God how I miss the '80s..... Free pr0n at almost any hotel =)
[x] I don't look at pr0n while I'm travelling <--- is not a valid response!! =)
How big is Holland? Couldn't you just open the door on the windmill and let your fellow citizens know about that deal?
Is it a toll call to Holland from Nebraska USA?
... if it weren't for this slow dialup connection!
Ouch! I hear you, although in my case it was early '80's and 300 bps modems. If I heard one more whiney complaint that our industrial GDCs didn't work properly -- with their excellent $29.95 Yugomodem... "Luser is about to die!"
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Certainly, and we do so all the time. But in the rare instances we want to actually communicate with, say, Nebraska we might e-mail them.
Free, for $1.50 an hour?
I know we have a lot of definitions of "free" on Slashdot, but ...
Like some other posters have already mentioned, we've had free ISPs in the UK for years. Since we pay for local calls, the ISP cut a deal that gives them a percentage of the amount we pay for calls.
Can even the most ardent US-basher parse that statement? ;)
Yes, we're so far behind Europe, where free things are paid for by the minute :)
This is the senerio we're going to be seeing all over with people who buy into $4.75 dial up:
"Oh boy it's time to talk to my cyber-girlfriend on AIM!"
beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
SCREECH SCREECH SCREECH BONG BONG BONG SCREEEEEEEECH
Cybergeek: Hi sweety!
click!
Oh Crap! I lost my connection!
Beep Beep beep beep beep beep beep
SCREECH SCREECH SCREECH BONG BONG BONG SCREEEEEEEECH
Cybergeek: Sorry, Lost my connection
Cybergirl: That's ok, I thought you didn't like me anymore so I made another boyfriend, he lives in europe.
click!
Oh crap not now! Stupid internet
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep
screech screech screech bong bong bong screeeeeeeech
cybergeek: Sorry, lost my connection again.
cybergirl: That's ok, I'm just making wedding plans for me and my new european man!
cybergeek: NoooooO!
(pulls out a gun and puts to his head) BANG! PLOP!
---- "Excuse me. Where's the children's gun section?"
so what you're saying is that you're connected to the Information Supercowpath? :)
My journal has hot
Not new in the UK or a lot of the rest of Europe, but new to the US it seems. They like to think they are years ahead over there, but it is a demonstrable fact that they are several hours behind.
dialup is all I'm going to need.
CEE5210S The signal SIGHUP was received.