AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet access
Around 175,000 households still use dial-up Internet in the US.
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AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet access
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Even the broadband is below world standard. Just more data indicators of the backward nature of the Republic of Gilead, Russian Federation. It's devolving into a 2 tiered society and a 3rd World country. One tier for the wealthy and super rich, one for the rest, along with failing infrastructure and services for the majority of its citizens and residents. The uber-rich are already constructing Tech Cities in places like Honduras, virtual city-states where they can insulate themselves from peasants, workers, and the unwashed poor. They simply can't stand the sight of them. Witness what's happening in The Capitol. Word!
Ughhh, AOL and Dialup.... Haven't seen those letters in years. I thought those were extinct ages ago.
So how are those 175,000 families going to get online now ? StarLink ?
If they can afford it. Good luck! Most of these families likely can't afford it or they would at least have had satellite very slow broadband with a provider like DirectTV, or others.
It seems like I'm using dialup when I'm using my VM. So slow.
AOL was the largest dial-up provider, but there are still a few more left: NetZero, Juno, MSN Dial-Up, and lesser competitors. Satellite and 4G/5G Internet are also potentially feasible. I can't say how easily affordable they would be for these people, though.
I still don't understand how do people surf these days with dial-up. It must be the eldery who only sends e-mails and uses chat rooms. Because dial-up isn't suitable for any use now except those two.
Do your ISPs offer phone/internet/TV over 4G/5G for home as that's the case here in the EU? Are they available nationwide?
In Croatia, doesn't really matter where you live, whether is it in a city or the mountains, the national ISP (Hrvatski Telekom) has to enable you internet access by law. For areas where there is non existent infrastructure, you have right to internet with minimum speed 14 Mb/s (1 Mb/s upload) and minimum 100 GB of data included in the package. The price of the service is set by national regulator and can be charged max. 29,21€. If you're part of socially vulnerable group, receive aid or you have some kind disability, you can get the service for 6,77€ max.
I just visited HT website to see their current offer, and apparently they give you more and cheaper than the law mandates. Instead of 100 GB, you get unlimited data at 14/1 for price of 26,61€ (or 6,76€ for users of social services).
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I used dial up in the early days, as websites etc were far more simple the speed was OK, I thought it was beyond amazing to go into news sites from across the globe, it was very expensive here as it was always a local call & I used to try & muffle the dial up negotiations from my wife who saw it a sign of expensive phone bills which it was - In the end we had two phone lines one for calls & the other for dial up.
When I first had broadband it was incredible though the speed was low compared to today offerings, AND I didn't worry about the phone bill arriving by low loader anymore. But overall years ago the internet/WWW was a more interesting place as the idiots who now inhabit it were quite few, Costs now for me for internet in UK @£39.00 per month (UK Pound) for just about 1 GIG in real terms is minuscule compared to the dial up days & now great value for how I use it, as are the costs for mobile monthly too.
When I first had broadband it was incredible though the speed was low compared to today offerings, AND I didn't worry about the phone bill arriving by low loader anymore. But overall years ago the internet/WWW was a more interesting place as the idiots who now inhabit it were quite few, Costs now for me for internet in UK @£39.00 per month (UK Pound) for just about 1 GIG in real terms is minuscule compared to the dial up days & now great value for how I use it, as are the costs for mobile monthly too.
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I also still remember my astronomically high phone bills from the early days of dial-up connections. I started with Deutsche Telekom's BTX system, which was comparable to AOL. Some plans charged by the minute or per-page fees, and everything ended up on the phone bill.
Just remembered as I used AOL for a while, it was before the days of IE & AOL had their own browser?? All their chats were moderated & any misdemeanor was a warning & I think two got you banned not just from the chat room but from AOL in its entirety, for ever, which for some was the internet as they knew it ! (Silver would love that 
) I suppose you could go crawling back in a different guise but their was I think £20 a month just to use AOL plus dial up phone charges though eventually i think that changed - I can only wonder what that cost would be now allowing for wage differences & inflation?
The AOL Floppy's & CD's (by the million) were seen on every PC mag which I use to buy often as it was a way of getting programs without having to download them, which was tiresome & slow - CompuServe which was around gave you a number for your email with them & AOL made a big thing about having a name with them - I ended up with Demon internet as I grew more knowledgeable??? & Force9 which is still around as part of PlusNet which is part of BT.
) I suppose you could go crawling back in a different guise but their was I think £20 a month just to use AOL plus dial up phone charges though eventually i think that changed - I can only wonder what that cost would be now allowing for wage differences & inflation?The AOL Floppy's & CD's (by the million) were seen on every PC mag which I use to buy often as it was a way of getting programs without having to download them, which was tiresome & slow - CompuServe which was around gave you a number for your email with them & AOL made a big thing about having a name with them - I ended up with Demon internet as I grew more knowledgeable??? & Force9 which is still around as part of PlusNet which is part of BT.
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I got internet access in 2007, when my brother and I got the first computer. It was an ADSL and I don't remember which speed. I still have Kasda KD318MUI router in the drawer we had to buy from HT. Anyway, a year or two later we're switching from HT to Amis due to astronomical bill we got which no one could explain. On Amis we had ADSL2+ I think, and we got SpeedTouch 780WL. Since 2011 I'm on FTTH internet and I haven't looked back. Amis was the best ISP; such a shame A1 bought it and ruined it. 
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My first modem had a download speed of 1 kbps. I was so proud when I was able to buy a 2 kbps modem. 
I first had cable broadband in the mid 2000`s but was curious about a free dial-up which wasn`t really free at all as it stuck me with a large phone bill. Maybe having such experiences helps one have an appreciation of how lucky we(most of us)are today?
Still where there`s a need, there`s a niche to make money from so I think Dial-Up isn`t totally dead yet as some governments demand you have internet access even in remote places ?
Regards Eck
Still where there`s a need, there`s a niche to make money from so I think Dial-Up isn`t totally dead yet as some governments demand you have internet access even in remote places ?
Regards Eck
I was introduced to computers when my uncle gave me his old Compaq AIO Presario(66mhz ONLY) with an external SONY 28kbps modem running Win98SE.
I did not know any about it but he said learn PC and he gave me old Tech Magazines to read. Everything were new to me back then. Lots of challenges of breaking the OS , reformatting,malware, games not working due to system requirements etc etc.
But from those exp I learned, found passion and went to a Computer University.
My first self built machine was with a 56kbps internal modem in the PCI slot with an AMD Athlon XP and Geforce MX400.
Dial Up, AOL,AIM, Modem....those words brings me back to memory lane.
I did not know any about it but he said learn PC and he gave me old Tech Magazines to read. Everything were new to me back then. Lots of challenges of breaking the OS , reformatting,malware, games not working due to system requirements etc etc.
But from those exp I learned, found passion and went to a Computer University.
My first self built machine was with a 56kbps internal modem in the PCI slot with an AMD Athlon XP and Geforce MX400.
Dial Up, AOL,AIM, Modem....those words brings me back to memory lane.
Not AFAIK.
A quick search showed this result, which gives some plan comparisons at the bottom.
What Is Cellular Internet And Is It A Reliable Broadband Connection?
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Since my fiber optic connection has failed three times in the last few months, I've purchased a mobile plan with a corresponding router as a backup solution. It's a flexible plan that I can activate for a month if needed, and only have to pay for that month. Connection speeds naturally fluctuate depending on the number of users currently logged into the cell tower. But as a backup solution, it's perfectly adequate.
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