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Richard L. Meister Jr. @RichardMeister (5328) • Otis Orchards, Washington 8 Mar 17

I’ve been with Earthlink since August 1999. Yesterday I was notified they were no longer going to offer DSL service in my area after March 31. It appears the only thing they are going to offer in this area is anachronistic...

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What did you do before the computer?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 5 Sep 15

I remember hearing about the computer. A huge, obnoxious piece of equipment. My first big job was at the telephone company and our system was called Macobs. Partially computerized. This was in the early 70's. The company went to...

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I Got a New Browser - Green Browser!

echoforever @echoforever (5180) • United States 10 Jan 13

Wow, I have never been so happy with a browser before ever. Long ago I did have Chrome and Firefox. I liked those more than I.E. of course but someone else in the household who is very finnicky did not. They were okay but...

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BMI.Net is a rippoff scam

PoppaDave @PoppaDave (438) • United States 31 Jul 12

I have used the same dial-up for about 5 years now. One day I complained and since, each week I get worse and worse service. BMI.NET is $40 for 3 months. I had given up service and waited a period and they were anxious to hook me...

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Fastest and slowest Internet speeds you hav experienced

RJ Ind @rajiv22 (167) • Chengalpattu, India 28 Nov 10

Using internet might be good but its like or hate depends mostly on Its speed of download. The use for modem dial up Internets are gone and today most of us around the world use broadband Internets. Up to now the highest/fastest...

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What did you first make of having the internet?

joey_matthews @joey_matthews (8354) 27 Oct 10

In the days of dial up, it very frustrated me but I always liked it. The first company that my parents used charged you like a traditional phone bill, this made it very expensive to use and so we had to limit the time we was on....

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what do you do when the internet is caped?

knighter4 @knighter4 (2) • New Zealand 27 Sep 10

I have always capped my internet every single month because i don't wanna pay more money. Very interested to see what people actually do when you cap your internet and get reduced to dial up speed. I personally just download a...

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how to speed up mobile broadband connection?

rohmatsw @rohmatsw (219) • Indonesia 1 Apr 10

Hi myloters.. I get a little problem with my dial up / mobile broadband connection.. do you all have some ideas to make it run faster? thanks..

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Why Internet Connection With Dial Up Seem Work Very Slow?

lordcaocao2025 @lordcaocao2025 (4098) • Indonesia 25 Oct 09

Well, the first time i use internet at home is via dial up. At that time, the internet connection is so slow that i actually giving up using it. Now, i am currently using DSL Connection, and the speed is far more faster then the...

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Does anyone use dial up any more?

ctrymuziklvr @ctrymuziklvr (11057) • United States 15 Sep 09

I was surprised to learn that my soon to be daughter in laws mother uses dial up on her pc. I remember when I started using a computer that was all that was available and it was such a pain. I remember the 'ping' noise so...

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Where can I watch anime on the internet with a Dial Up connection?

842484 @842484 (103) • United States 28 Aug 09

It takes too long to load on the usual sites. Are there even any websites?

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I reached my bandwitdh Limit!

bluesinjid @bluesinjid (658) • Canada 7 Aug 09

Man, I really hate internet service providers these days, and especially Rogers, who has some of the most expensive rates for c**p! I mean seriously, how can anyone live with only 25 gigs of bandwidth. I guess it is my fault...

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What Would Happen if you did not have Internet?

bluesinjid @bluesinjid (658) • Canada 29 Jul 09

Internet is increasing becoming more and more integrated with our lives, and we keep wanting more and more. So much has changed in this millennium from the early days of napster, to the creation of Google, Youtube, Facebook,...

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Dial Up Tweaks???? Help

rony1masc @rony1masc (230) • India 20 Jun 09

Guys i have a dialup connection and it has a range of bandwidth starting from 5 KB/s to 16 KB/s. I have been using utorrent which download upto 10 KB/s average. but my problem is, iam using a software called bandwidth monitor. if...

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Dial Up... Sob!

lululastrange @lululastrange (339) • United States 14 Jun 09

So, I have been reduced to dial up and I am very very sad. Its takes so long to load a page I might as well not get on here, but I had to check my earnings on half a dozen sites. At least its free. Even with the Dot Com...

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You Tube Is Not Dial Up Friendly

marcialoyd @marcialoyd (1173) • United States 10 Jun 09

I used to love watching You Tube Videos. But we recently downgraded from DSL to Dial Up due to some financial constraints. You can watch a video on You Tube but it takes approximately 30 minutes for a short video to load. I'll be...

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Computer Frustration

carolbee @carolbee (16230) • United States 14 May 09

After many phone calls, last night and today, to our service provider and Aol, I didn't get any results over the phone on how to change the the computer connection back to high speed instead of dial up. I lost the high speed...

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Have you ever used dial up internet connection in your life?

ajithlal @ajithlal (14716) • India 3 May 09

Longtime ago, i have used dial up connection in my friend's house when there was no broadband. Have you ever used dial up internet connection in your life?

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I caved!

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 20 Mar 09

Most of my friends know that when we moved, we had to downgrade to a dial up internet plan because we were under the impression that was the only option here. Shortly after the move we learned that Road Runner is available...

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Update: I'll be back on Monday!

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28716) • United States 24 Feb 09

Okay, yesterday I said I wasn't sure how long I'd be gone because I was having trouble getting internet at my new address, which I'm moving to this weekend. Well, I spent all night last night searching for an internet provider...

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