Registered: Mar 2001
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 71

Just say no to dial-up...

Cable rocks...at times I've noticed transfer (download) rates for far more that the 2megs/seg advertised...uploading is still 125k/seg. But for the price of AOL & a second phone line you can have cable instead, yeah?

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Registered: Nov 1999
Location: New York, New York
Posts: 560

Read how Mr. Cringley got broadband. Where there is a need there is a way.:-)

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010628.html

Then more

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20010712.html

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Felipe Garcia
Happy Treo 600 user, so far. Thanx Cingular for having an unlocked phone.

My Treo 600 is my phone, my PDA, my watch, and my MP3 player. Oh yeah, I take a picture once in a while with it. Convergence is such a great thing.

Registered: Feb 2001
Location:
Posts: 268

quote:

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Originally posted by icthus
Some of us would love the choice

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I hope that never happens to me ... having no choice but modem. maybe I'm an addict ...

Registered: May 2001
Location: Chicago
Posts: 236

Well i had cable ever since i bought my own computer. Well i moved back to downtown Chicago , from champaign IL. and can you f'in belive i cant get cable or dsl service? I live in a major friggin city!! and there is no cable or dsl service "in my area"?????? i am still being jerked around by earthlink, which said the had dsl in my area of chicago? well its been almost three months and no dsl yet? i want to commit sucide cause i cant stand how slow my DIAL-UP is. for the love of god i live in a city why do i still have to use dial-up! well i shall shut up now and go check my BLOOD pressure

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: Elkins Park, Pa
Posts: 577

Don't do it! Stay in there! Remember: the sooner they put in cable or DSL, the more money THEY make, so they probably are rushing to get it in. Hope that keeps you alive and waiting for a few more months .

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