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Does Dial-up still exist?

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  • 09-04-2011 3:24am
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    jimmycrackcorm
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    I'm just curious if anyone still uses dial-up these days or even if any isps still have these services? I note my new laptop is the first I've had without a modem port.


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    watty
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    It does.


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    bealtine
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    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    I'm just curious if anyone still uses dial-up these days or even if any isps still have these services? I note my new laptop is the first I've had without a modem port.

    of course it does...lots of people still can't get any form of broadband so are stuck in dialup land.

    Mobile internet is really a form of dialup too.


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    jimmycrackcorm
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    bealtine wrote: »
    of course it does...lots of people still can't get any form of broadband so are stuck in dialup land.

    Mobile internet is really a form of dialup too.

    Surely mobile broadband ( and by that I include using GPRS / Edge / 3G tethering) is so ubiquitious now that dial up is not necessary?


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    bealtine
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    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Surely mobile broadband ( and by that I include using GPRS / Edge / 3G tethering) is so ubiquitious now that dial up is not necessary?

    no


    and
    mobile *is* dialup


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    watty
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    Mobile isn't Broadband. It can be faster (100x) than traditional phone line dialup and can be cheaper.

    But there is no assurance of a connection or even maintaining a connection even if there is coverage for Mobile. It can easily drop to 50kbps speed too.

    Compare Fixed Wireless Broadband and Mobile Internet http://www.radioway.info/comparewireless/

    Other stuff to read http://www.techtir.ie/comms


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