Nancy Young wrote:

> Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > I'm about the *last* person I know with dial - up, but I'll miss that
> > $7.95 monthly unlimited dial - up I get from Earthlink (or probably
> > not)...
>
> > I don't blanche at paying a hundred a month for cable teevee, don't
> > know why I get an attack of "the cheaps" when it comes to the internet
> > service...go figure.
>
> The day I threw in the towel and ditched dialup for cable internet,
> I never looked back. *My dialup connection was a huge hassle, I
> was dropped continually, and when I wasn't, their news server would
> be down. *Never mind the painfully slow speed, like those comcast
> commercials with the turtles. *
>
> I don't know why I'm so cheap sometimes. *What I spend a month
> above dialup has saved me far more in aggravation.


Yep, and as websites have become more content - rich it's REALLY
frustrating to sit and wait, some sites are useless or just about.

I use high - speed for work, time for me to do the same for home use.
I'm calling Comcast this weekend, see what kind of "sweet deal" I can
get. Currently they are offering $19.95 for six months, maybe I can
get that for a year or something. Heck, it's not that much money in
any case, just buy a coupla less DVD's per month, lol...


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Best
Greg