It's late 2010. Can we PLEASE stop posting "Dial-Up Warning?"

[Ter]

This was necessary when posting something very pic-heavy 10 years ago. But now? Come on, let's put an end to this.

[grace0418]

1. There are areas of the country where dial-up is the only thing available. Even in 2010.

My sister lives in Olympia, WA and can only get dial-up at her house unless they want to pay thousands and thousands of dollars to get a cable brought down the road. My niece complains about it every time I see her.

[Ter]

3. Wow, are you serious?

Sorry, didn't know about this. So when will it be available for cheap everywhere in the country? 2015?

[grace0418]

4. Who knows. Maybe longer. I doubt the phone/cable company is in much of hurry to

provide service to a few houses down long country roads. And unless you've got a home-based business, who's going to shell out thousands to have the necessarily cables brought from the main road to your house?

[lizziegrace]

19. Even if you're willing to pay for it

Time Warner isn't willing to run the line. The pole is across the road but because I'm set back on 4 acres, I'm 50ft too far, even if they were inclined to run the line. TW engineering told me no, they won't do it and don't plan to.

[sarge43]

38. No money to be made in a lot of rural areas. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

23. Very serious. We live in a rural area and would be unable to move to several nearby towns because

they have no dial-up, something that is crucial to my husband's job.

[OmahaBlueDog]

29. I'm surprised you don't have wireless broadband

In Kansas and southern Nebraska, you can get an antenna (kinda like a satellite dish for DirecTV) that receives broadband broadcast off of cell towers.

[GreenPartyVoter]

35. You can, but hubby doesn't care for it. The speed is still too limited, it's more

expensive than cable broadband, and you need to live within line of sight of the tower. There are also download limits which would impede him in his work. (He's a computer fix-it guy and needs to download programs and patches all the time.)

[OmahaBlueDog]

36. :(

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. Well, on the upside we like where we live. We think we have the better school than most towns around

:)

[eShirl]

15. could mobile broadband be an option?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_modem

[lizziegrace]

18. I live out in the country and use mobile broadband

It's a step above dial-up as far as speed, but not by much.

Also, with mobile broadband, there's usually a 5gb/month limit. If I'm getting close to the limit for the month, I want to avoid threads and sites that are going to chew threw my available usage.

[denbot]

2. There are a number of DU'ers that still have dial up.

Some people live too far from a cable relay station, and believe it or not, there are still some places where DSL is still not available. That is why I will continue to post "Dial-Up Warnings" for them.

[Ptah]

5. Those three words slow your service?

[jobycom]

7. .

:spray:

[Kali]

6. well I can usually back out of a post that has a crapload of pix.

but more than 4 or 5 really take a while, so if folks really mean there are a LOT of pix I appreciate the warning.

normal speed? 24 Kbps oh yeah beby!:rofl:

[dimbear]

8. I live more or less in paradise, but with 1200 people miles from anywhere,

we will never have high speed internet. Never. No satellite either, too much forest.

[WillParkinson]

11. I am so jealous of you right now...

You just don't know.

[lutefisk]

12. "24 Kbps oh yeah baby!" . . . that would be a funny bumper sticker

Do you do a fist pump when your connection logs on at 33.6?

I have.

[kentauros]

14. At least you know that's a real connection speed.

My DSL says I'm logged on at 100mps, and I'm like "Since when?! And in what country?"

[Sentath]

21. Surely we don't need to explain that

Computers are kind of dim about that kind of thing?

[kentauros]

25. Last time I checked,

"mps" meant "megabits per second". Are you saying that's not what it means? If so, explain. ;)

[Kali]

27. I have never experienced that speed. Is it scary?

most I have ever seen was 26.8

:rofl:

[cwydro]

9. Here's a clue.

Not everyone lives in a major metropolitan area, as your profile says you do.

There are still many largely remote areas of this country. Really. Even in 2010.

[Crystal Clarity]

10. I got cable less than a year ago

and I think it's only because I live near a small elementary school. I doubt that most people in this town (and many others around here) have it... I still don't own a cell phone because I can't get a signal. My daughter goes into cell phone DT's whenever she comes back home for a visit. :-)

I'm sure there are still quite a few people on dial up.

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. You do realize we don't have broadband everywhere, right? And some can't afford it?

Fucking hell.

Get off the obnoxious horse.

[Ter]

16. See reply #3

I already stated I didn't know. I am oblivious living in a major city. I honestly thought no one has dial-up anymore. One day though, it won't be necessary to post "Dial-up warning." That day may be 2015 or even 2020, but that day will come.

[zipplewrath]

17. It was suppose to be a goal of this administration

They wanted some internet equivalent of the "rural electrification" programs of the '30s. Hasn't really gone anywhere, and is facing some tough opposition from the cable and phone companies. But as you are learning, we are a decade or more away from it, unless something really outstanding happens.

Heck, Verizon made an advertising campaign out of how poorly covered the US is in terms of 3G. It was a tad decitful because it was a geography map, not a population map. But none the less, practically whole states had no 3G service.

I think some of the resistence is that soon, land based service may be the "dial up" of the past and it will be a wireless basis that a large majority of people use for connection.

[snooper2]

20. nobody ever heard of 4G

:P

[TK421]

26. Well aren't you freakin' special?

:P wish I had that

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

22. I appreciate the warning when I am DU'ing on my Blackberry.

So it is good thing for me.

[TK421]

24. Ummm, lots of people are still on dial-up access...sometimes, it is

an issue of affordability. Do you know what Comcast charges for their shitty services? More, and you don't get a hell of a lot more for what they charge you.

Doesn't bother me one bit, and I have a service from Comcast that is pretty much the same as any dial-up service performance-wise that constantly crashes on me!

[cwydro]

28. We're with Comcast too

down here at the end of the freaking continent...and even a thunderstorm can send the computers into spasms, so I know of what you speak. There are places in the Keys without computer access.

And I appreciate the warning when I am on my Blackberry also.

[TK421]

31. Good God how I fucking HATE Crapcast! Which is what we call them here n/t

[cwydro]

43. They've gotten somewhat better here..

due to intense competition from DirectTV.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. I think all posts with text should include warnings for people who don't have internet access.

It takes a really long time to download text in those situations.

[TK421]

32. We also need a good "stupid" filter n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

33. That would make GD appear about as active as the animation group.

[TK421]

34. Perhaps so, but it would also require many posters to refrain from posting in GD

I know nothing about this animation group

[madinmaryland]

42. And that would be a bad thing????

:D

[Kali]

37. there was a comic or skit or scene from a movie

with some kids looking at a book or magazine or something and saying "wow it's already downloaded and printed out!"

[TorchTheWitch]

40. Plenty of people still use dial-up

I finally was able to get rid of mine only 2 years ago. And there are still plenty of places in the US where dial-up is the only option and it's still the only option for those people that can't afford anything better.

[AmyDeLune]

41. No, I'm still on dial-up!

Meh. ;)