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Old January 14th 08, 02:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windowsme.general
Eric
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Default Internet connection problem


"RockyTSquirrel" wrote in message
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Agree, telephone dialup is the worst type of connection to the
internet..
I fought with the local phone company for over 10 years about the dialup
i
had..
First they installed "boosters" on my service, which makes the voice
better but the data stream
worse.. went from 33,600 down to 26,400..
Then the phone company had falures on their remote switches which further
reduced the packets
down to 14,400.


It's funny how things change. When I first started using the net before it
was the internet, connecting to other computers on bulletin board systems,
14,400 bps was really fast. Now most people are getting cable/DSL and
dialup of any speed is unbearably slow. I subscribe to the 'fast' cable
internet even though I think the price is too high and now it seems they've
invented a much faster cable internet so they can charge even more. My PC
is about 5 years old and I don't have a single HDTV yet, but I hear the
latest goal is getting HD movies to download to the PC.