Tag: DIAL-UP

It seems the economic downturn is dragging out the death of the 56k modem -- it's good news if you're in the dial-up Internet business, but bad news for everyone else. Even as broadband Internet makes its painfully slow march across the American heartland, some are holding on to their painfully slow dial-up connections. Why would someone stick with download speeds that make your first gen iPhone ...

Get this. Dial-up Internet is too slow for monks. Monks! Priceless! The holy inhabitants of Caldey Island, who sell perfume and chocolate online to support their small community, found that agonizingly slow Internet connection speeds were proving to be an impediment to their growing business. The Abbot of Caldey Abbey, Father Daniel said "Patience is one of the characteristics of monastic life, ...

For years, the only thing that seemed to be holding back the quick adoption of high-speed Internet access was availability. Faster is better and people will always pay more for better, right? Not necessarily. A new study is showing that availability is no longer the problem; broadband access is out there, but people just don't think it's worth the cost. The study, from the Pew Internet and ...