Looking to find out who isn't on high-speed broadband or mobile wireless for their smartphone.

Internet service speeds are across the board, so I'm not interested in whether the site seems fast or slow. I just am curious about what service you've subscribed to if it's not high speed broadband.

I just read that AOL still makes $500 million a year on dial up services.

$500 million? wow, I didn't think there were that many left. that works out to $250 million for each of them.

Its typical in our area for the Older generation to still be on dialup, however I am using wireless tethering.

I like this sound...



Gump

GumpAir wrote:I like this sound...

Gump

Gump, the people that are still on dial up will have to wait 2 hours for that video to download so they can watch it

So!

It's like passengers. If they sit in the back, they don't count, so f*** 'em.

Gump

GumpAir wrote:So!

It's like passengers. If they sit in the back, they don't count, so f*** 'em.

Gump

Wow!!

Isn't it too early to be drinkin whiskey?

Anyone thats said hell with your local telephone company and went with verizon for your internet, land line, cell phones. They have a little base station type of deal that looks pretty interesting. With dial-up a person should be paid for using it.

Being a cheap bastard, I was a holdout with my $22 dialup until I finally got sick of the slow speed & got verizon wireless. $50 a month but worth it just for less aggravation. Supposed to be 4G but where I live it's on 3G, and on the slow side of that.

I have a Clear Voyager. It's like $50 to buy and $50 a month for unlimited TV (ROKU) and internet. I like it because it works off 4G. I love it because it is tiny and you can have internet anywhere there is service. I am actually sitting in a parking lot at Marina Del Rey writing this. 80 degrees today The battery lasts about 8 hours and it's about the size of a small cookie. Works great while traveling and at home too. I can run 5 wireless devices off this thing. For any of you that might still be paying AOL, It's free if you cancel your subscription!!!

I added a poll.

We have a Verizon Mifi thing,
works pretty good,but gets bogged down now and then.
$50 a month for 10 gig

Chuck

The rural electric co-op 10 years ago got into broadcasting wireless broadband signals from 40 miles away to anyone renting the receiver box and the antennae. 41 bucks and I get a dividend check back each year that makes it cheaper yet than the competition. Since no major cell providers give a crap about us out here either, in the last 5 years the old phone co-op jumped in to cell phones and are running a profitable business in a 75 mile radius.

Zane- I'm the first three options. Didn't vote cause I use all three equally.
-DP

I guess the poll voting window is closed...well, you know from a previous post what I am using.

Was stuck with Xplorenet in BC and still stuck with Hughes Net in Baja, BUT, have Comcast in WA now, big difference.

Juan80 wrote:We have a Verizon Mifi thing,
works pretty good,but gets bogged down now and then.
$50 a month for 10 gig Chuck

yeah, my verizon gizmo craps out fairly regularly-- drops the connection & shows all red lights. The computer screen comes up saying something like yur connection was ended. Generally does this right after I slowly & painfully type out a long entry for a BCP.org thread & try to post it (f***ing technology!!!), so I have to start all over or (usually) just say to hell with it.

hotrod150 wrote: does this right after I slowly & painfully type out a long entry for a BCP.org thread & try to post it (f***ing technology!!!), so I have to start all over or (usually) just say to hell with it.

Personally, I fear this with any forum or post where I have spent time composing, so I select all my text and copy it prior to hitting Submit, just in case the connection or server pukes.

Zzz wrote:

hotrod150 wrote: does this right after I slowly & painfully type out a long entry for a BCP.org thread & try to post it (f***ing technology!!!), so I have to start all over or (usually) just say to hell with it.

Personally, I fear this with any forum or post where I have spent time composing, so I select all my text and copy it prior to hitting Submit, just in case the connection or server pukes.

That's why I keep my bs short...Sort of
Chuck