high speed or dial-up?

I am curious to know how many of you guys are still using dial-up internet service versus high speed.

dial up sux! nuf said. I am reminded of that everytime I take a laptop to SoWal.

Dial-up I am frugal on some things and with a daughter in college, I save where I can. One day I will move up to high speed.

Dial-up I am frugal on some things and with a daughter in college, I save where I can. One day I will move up to high speed.

I am not dissin' ya' for being on dial-up. Currently, I am working on building a website and am curious to know your connection types so that I don't slow the site down so much that people will leave the site before exploring it.

Will you please mark your answers in the poll above? Thanks;-)

"Dial-up" brings back such fond memories! About four years ago, when I didn't know how to use a computer, my son and husband, the computer geeks of our family, wanted high speed. I asked them if they ever did anything useful on the computer and of course they both said NO. So I said NO to the more expensive high speed. (Yes, I'm the household scrooge.) Then one day they both came to me to plead their case--they'd found an ad offering high speed for half-price for the first six month! I relented and said they could get it, but I made the boy child pay the difference in the price for the second six months.

Funny thing is, from being completely ignorant of a computer, I turned into its biggest fan! High speed has been the ruination of me. :funn:

High speed.
Back in '95 we got our first home computer and used dial-up. Woe to anyone who might be trying to call us. Later we got a second line.
Finally the husband relented and we got high speed, but we had to give up Caller ID; like others mentioned, you just might not be able to have every little tech luxury.

Then one day they both came to me to plead their case--they'd found an ad offering high speed for half-price for the first six month! I relented and said they could get it, but I made the boy child pay the difference in the price for the second six months.

Funny thing is, from being completely ignorant of a computer, I turned into its biggest fan! High speed has been the ruination of me. :funn:

Very similar story in our house, Mermaid! Mr. Pod convinced me to give it a try during the discounted trial period, and I said, "Fine, then we'll go back to dial-up." He laughed. He was convinced I'd never go back, and--darn it!--he was right.

Very similar story in our house, Mermaid! Mr. Pod convinced me to give it a try during the discounted trial period, and I said, "Fine, then we'll go back to dial-up." He laughed. He was convinced I'd never go back, and--darn it!--he was right.

I know all about that.

High speed, but I accidentally voted for dial-up. Sorry. Your research is flawed now.

High speed, but I accidentally voted for dial-up. Sorry. Your research is flawed now.

Shouldn't you be at school? ;-)

Shouldn't you be at school? ;-)

I think it is steeleing1!!!!

Shouldn't you be at school? ;-)

Sorry. Did it again. It's early, and I don't pay attention to the name up top.

Although, he tried and tried all morning to convince me he was too sick to go to school today. I thought about trying that one myself.

I think it is steeleing1!!!!

Yep, I think the "kid" forgot to logoff!! hee hee

Yep, I think the "kid" forgot to logoff!! hee hee

Oh, I love your avatar. Reminds me of all our old Grayton family photos.

I think it is steeleing1!!!!

Yes!
(I was winking, see?)

I want to know who voted, "I don't use the internet."

Sorry. Did it again. It's early, and I don't pay attention to the name up top.

Although, he tried and tried all morning to convince me he was too sick to go to school today. I thought about trying that one myself.

I try this technique in reverse sometimes--"Are you sure you don't feel well enough to go back to school?" Fortunately, no one is sick at the moment, whew!

I'm still on dial-up (until Mr. Aircom Broadband gets his new tower up)...which is why y'all very rarely hear from me in the evenings or on weekends. :roll:

I want to know who voted, "I don't use the internet."

Yeah! That person must have voted using their psychic powers.

Call me nutty, but I'm paying for high-speed at my house in Crestview and my rental in Miramar Beach. We offer it to our renters, but really its just for us. We need to be able to work while we're staying down at the beach. Which during off season seems to be about every other day. And when traveling I bounce from wireless hotspot to wireless hotspot.

I want to know who voted, "I don't use the internet."

I want to know who voted, "I don't use the internet."

My bet is...SHELLY! It would have something to do with $10.00 an hour jobs in India.

Well, but...I use high speed in Atl, and dial-up in SoWal. There's no choice in the poll for that.

Although last week when I was down at the beach, I finally purchased a wireless card for my laptop. One day I was posting to you all while sitting in the grass in Seaside amphitheatre. Very cool.

It's unbelievable how suddenly we're living in the Future. Sometime in the recent past, without realizing it, we all became the Jetsons. Heck, I even have a robot vacuum.

SJ: IMHO, go to town with your website, optimize for high-speed. You can always put the pertinent info in a low-speed page if necessary. But moreso, people on dial up will already be used to the 15 second wait, they deal with that routinely anyway. just 2c.

The locals need to talk to Kurt

does miss lucilles have wireless service ? i can't remember ... if she does, i am so there with our junky delapidated laptop that i am too cheap to replace !

I've used dsl since I could get it at my address. I kept checking until the website of my isp said it was available, then signed up. I'll never go back. I also provide high speed wireless at my beach house for guests (and me of course). I'm hooked.