 | Distinguished Member with 49,949 posts. | | | | You can now leave AOL and keep your account--Verison DSL is $14.95 I don't use AOL, but I know people that do and they were always reluctant to leave AOL because of losing their e-mail and having to change over to something else. Well, you can keep your AOL account now and use their web based e-mail--or install their software, which I don't recommend, on your computer. Point is though, AOL is now allowing you to have the account free--so if you are still paying AOL a monthly fee--STOP. There is no reason to. Verizon is offering DSL for $14.95 a month (online sign-up only) in many areas: http://www22.verizon.com/forhomedsl/channels/dsl/
I know people who are still paying AOl over $20 a month for dial-up!
A word of caution--because of the enormous popularity of that offer, I have heard that Verizon is having difficulty keeping up with the demand and managing it properly. However, helped someone with the transition and they didn't have any problems.
You also get 9 Verizon E-mail accounts as well.
__________________ Weapon of Mass Instruction! | | Distinguished Member with 16,808 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: McHenry, IL - USA Experience: Enough to be dangerous | | For those folks in AT&T (SBC) service areas, AT&T is offering their Express DSL package (1.5 MB download speed) for $12.99 a month for the first year (After 12 months, the price is supposed to go up to the then "regular" monthly rate).
EDIT: Added a link: http://www.sbc.com/gen/general?pid=6431
__________________ Chuck W. | | Moderator with 95,995 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | Verizon FiOS is only $44.95/mo, free installation, and the first month free. | | Distinguished Member with 16,808 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: McHenry, IL - USA Experience: Enough to be dangerous | | Wow, 15222 kbps download speed. Does that mean that you can now download MS's patches and service packs faster than MS can crank em out? | | Distinguished Member with 49,949 posts. | | | | I think the point here is there is absolutely no reason to be on dial-up anymore--especially not at $20 plus dollars a month, unless its the only thing available in your area. | | Distinguished Member with 4,000 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan | | Quote: |
I think the point here is there is absolutely no reason to be on dial-up anymore
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Yes there is...no USB. No NIC. Dial-up at reasonable prices like Total-Speed $5.95/mo.
However, no reason for AOL! But then again, was there ever a reason for AOL? | | Distinguished Member with 16,808 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: McHenry, IL - USA Experience: Enough to be dangerous | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by sekirt But then again, was there ever a reason for AOL? | Training wheels for newbies to computers and the Internet. | | Distinguished Member with 16,808 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: McHenry, IL - USA Experience: Enough to be dangerous | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by sekirt LOL
Yes there is...no USB. No NIC. Dial-up at reasonable prices like Total-Speed $5.95/mo. | Our main reason for getting DSL a number of years ago was to keep peace in the house. The wife and I could (and did) both spend hours on-line. That meant that no phone calls could come in or go out. The cost of ADSL at the time was not a whole lot more than adding a second POTS line.
__________________ Chuck W. | | Distinguished Member with 2,158 posts. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minnesota Experience: Advanced | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by JohnWill Verizon FiOS is only $44.95/mo, free installation, and the first month free.  | Unfortunately it's not available in all areas. | | Member with 45 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Cnada Experience: Enough to make my pc look adequate |
01-Oct-2006, 12:36 PM
#10 | Honestly, I like cable much better than adsl. Bundled with cable tv, in Canada its around $50-70 a month for both. And the cable does'nt even come close with the phone line. Usually when you buy a pc/notebook from dell, they give you 3 months free of and major cable/adsl internet.
__________________ lostSEOULx "wow how the hell did I manage to run cod4 on a gma 965?" | | Member with 45 posts. | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond, British Columbia, Cnada Experience: Enough to make my pc look adequate |
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Originally Posted by Mulderator I think the point here is there is absolutely no reason to be on dial-up anymore--especially not at $20 plus dollars a month, unless its the only thing available in your area. | I totally agree. My dial-up rarely went over 5kbps! The company just keeps offering less and less money. Though the price of dial-up I think is worth less than a cent. Cheap hi-speed internet is not hard to find and it seldom disconnects. Take the hi-way!
__________________ lostSEOULx "wow how the hell did I manage to run cod4 on a gma 965?" | | Junior Member with 4 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Experience: Uncertain Intermediate |
18-Oct-2006, 05:50 PM
#12 | | | | Distinguished Member with 16,808 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: McHenry, IL - USA Experience: Enough to be dangerous |
18-Oct-2006, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Shavano What is "Total-Speed"? | I believe this is the web site of the company in question ... http://www.totalspeed.net/ | | Distinguished Member with 4,000 posts. | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan |
18-Oct-2006, 06:30 PM
#14 | | | | Distinguished Member with 14,836 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: -71.45091, 42.27841 |
19-Oct-2006, 08:35 AM
#15 | The Verizon deal is valid through 10/20/06.
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