Posted by Richard Crowley on 09/26/05 06:24

"Gary Eickmeier" wrote ...
> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> "Gary Eickmeier" wrote ...
>>
>>> So doesn't DSL work off the phone lines?
>>
>>
>> Not when your telephone line is more than 18,000 feet.
>> Besides, half my neighborhood is on SLC (Subscriber-
>> Line Carrier) were they use the bandwidth that would
>> have been used for DSL to carry your next-door neighbor's
>> telephone service. :-((
>
> Whooh! Satellite, here I come!

I pay US$7.92/month for 48-52KB dialup.
The satellite charges/speeds are just not worth it to me.
Clearly other people value internet connectivity more than
I do, or the satellite people would be out of business.

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