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I find that a dialup connection is still handy for those times that you want to check email etc at a location other than home and you have access to a phone line eg work locations, motels, etc.

We should also realise that broadband is NOT available everywhere, and dialup is still the cheapest/only option to gain internet access for some. It is still a major problem with regional/rural areas which many Capital City residents still forget about......they are forever whinging about when adsl2+ will be available on their exchange and quite easily forget that lots of people can't even get broadband!

Much cheaper, though in a different field, to say wireless broadband (telstra hotspots at mcdonalds etc).

Thanks for the headsup on the nicely priced service :-)

Andrew

Fisho

I am still on dialup. There is no Broadband available here yet. It has been stated that the phone exchange needs to be upgraded. There is lots of lobbying going on by the local Council

Satellite Broadband is available on various plans, way beyond my means.

I have been contacted by One Wire Broadband who are doling out FREE Broadband compliments of Federal Government. It runs for 18 months on the condition that you do not use the internet during 5pm to 9pm. If you do you get charged $5 per day. After the 18 months you are not obligated(havent read the fine print yet!) but thereafter it would be a blanket $45 per month still with 500MB download. I am considering it.

Dialup drops out very seldom and we only seem to have issues when the weather is troublesome. High winds and lightning strikes.

We wait patiently

Cheers

I can also access my broadband internet account via a dial up number - handy if you are are on the road. So investigate before limiting yourself to dial up because you think going broadband will limit your access opportunities, it may not.

Cheers
Greg

I still use dial-up as broadband is not available where I am residing. A lot of people that reside in rural areas are in this position.

I was with a company called TSN Internet. Originally they were very good. Now if you want assistance you ring them up and leave a voice message or email them. Usually you do both several times and it take anywhere up to a fortnight to get any contact from them. Then you end up talking to a jerk who informs you that they normally reply within an hour.

Don't go near them if you want any form of customer service.

It's not just rural areas that can't get it. I'm 15km from the CBD and can't get ADSL. For a first world nation we are pretty bad at some things.

I got ADSL2+ and... wow! Lol im one of the blessed few i guess (gotta love Castle Hill!). I find when we went over the cap on our old plan and went to dial-up speeds i spent a lot more time outside... :P

I understand you need to be within 1.5km of an exchange to get broadband?
But I live in WA 500km from perth and we have had broadband for a few years now.

Been with Internode past few months on ADSL after house move.
Dialup available when travelling.
Previously on ISDN connection with TSN.
Internode has access to BroadbandConnect, federal subsidy for rural access.
Free router/modem & setup.
Lots of free content

www.internode.on.net/content/index.htm

VOIP accounts

Newsgroups server.

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Cool Yule, everyone