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Originally posted by RickM
The bottom line is that for the few extra bucks people can afford to have a higher speed. Once you get used to it at work or wherever else you can't live without it.
DSL still has a bad reliability and customer service rap. I had to deal with SBC for a neighbor and it had to be the worst experience I've ever had.
Of course if it's the only alternative to Dial-up it's the way to go.
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What needs to be remembered is that not everyone has an alternative to Dial-up. Even in this day and age, there are communities that don't have any broadband providers at all, except satellite at extremely high prices.
I was stuck with dial-up for years($23 a month even...), until just recently when we finally moved to a area that had cable internet.
Just keep in mind, that when some people complain about internet speeds, they aren't necessarily cheap... They just have no other reasonable options(I don't consider $59-69/month for 500kb satellite, + 2 year agreement and $600-1000 equipment purchase as reasonable).