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panader0

(25,816 posts) Sun Mar 3, 2013, 11:01 AM Mar 2013

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Tomorrow, after 16 years of dial-up, I am getting high speed.

From 28.8 kbps to 4 MB. I will be able to view videos and hear music. I will basically have to re-learn how to use my computer.
It's a miracle that I haven't put my boot through my dial-up in all these years. Dial-up can be incredibly frustrating.
Long overdue.....

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Tomorrow, after 16 years of dial-up, I am getting high speed. (Original Post) panader0 Mar 2013 OP

Congratulation panader0. Welcome to the insanity. eom. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #1

you'll love the speed warrior1 Mar 2013 #2

my heartiest congratulaions rurallib Mar 2013 #3

What took you so long to upgrade? Tobin S. Mar 2013 #4

Century Link just recently upgraded their services to my rural area. panader0 Mar 2013 #5

Make sure your virus protection is up-to-date krispos42 Mar 2013 #6

Congratulations on your move from stone knives and bearskins.....! lastlib Mar 2013 #7

Good for you! bigwillq Mar 2013 #8

After 15 years of dial-up, I'm on my 3rd year of a wifi hotspot. (I'm also rural). I LOVE it! riderinthestorm Mar 2013 #9

Congratulations! kanda Mar 2013 #10

Hey, good for you. a kennedy Mar 2013 #11

You might need to upgrade your phone, too Orrex Mar 2013 #12

Congratulations davidthegnome Mar 2013 #13

ha, I beat you by about a half a year Kali Mar 2013 #14

When I went from dial-up to cable... Archae Mar 2013 #15

as a present to you, here's an animated gif that might look better on a slow load Bucky Mar 2013 #16

Back in the days of dialup that gif probably would've taken an hour to upload riderinthestorm Mar 2013 #17

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. Congratulation panader0. Welcome to the insanity. eom.

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 11:05 AM

Mar 2013

warrior1

(12,325 posts)

2. you'll love the speed

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 11:07 AM

Mar 2013

rurallib

(62,406 posts)

3. my heartiest congratulaions

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 11:12 AM

Mar 2013

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

4. What took you so long to upgrade?

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 11:29 AM

Mar 2013

panader0

(25,816 posts)

5. Century Link just recently upgraded their services to my rural area.

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 11:45 AM

Mar 2013

I could have gone with satellite but couldn't afford it. Now with the new services I can bundle and the cost will be about the same as I have been paying. So, basically, the answer is money.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

6. Make sure your virus protection is up-to-date

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 12:29 PM

Mar 2013

With high-speed internet, problems can be downloaded literally in a flash.

Might want to upgrade your hosts file to block out unwanted ads and dangerous websites.

http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

lastlib

(23,220 posts)

7. Congratulations on your move from stone knives and bearskins.....!

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 12:46 PM

Mar 2013

Like you, I had dial-up for about fifteen years. Moving to DSL was like coming out of the Paleolithic age, and now I would kill before going back to dial-up. After two years on DSL, I still feel like I'm learning how to really use the Internet--there is so much I have missed out on, but I'm catching up! I had to harass my phone company for about eight years to get it, and even though it costs me quite a bit, I'm KEEPING IT--you will take my DSL modem away from me when you pry it out of my cold, dead, clenched fingers!

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)

8. Good for you!

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 12:54 PM

Mar 2013

Enjoy!

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

9. After 15 years of dial-up, I'm on my 3rd year of a wifi hotspot. (I'm also rural). I LOVE it!

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 01:46 PM

Mar 2013

I still can't get over it.

I can completely relate - you are going to be doing happy dances for a long time!

kanda

(175 posts)

10. Congratulations!

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 02:26 PM

Mar 2013

It will change your life. We were on dial-up forever (rural area) and also couldn't afford the satellite cost. Hi-speed became available about 3 1/2 years ago and we made the switch. About 2 years ago, some trees starting blocking the signal to the tower we get our signal from. We thought we were going to lose it forever. We were able to move our antenna to a different location. Hopefully, the trees won't grow too fast and block it again.
Congrats again.

a kennedy

(29,655 posts)

11. Hey, good for you.

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 02:49 PM

Mar 2013

and welcome to the "new" and fast world of the computer.

Orrex

(63,203 posts)

12. You might need to upgrade your phone, too

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 03:07 PM

Mar 2013

Many places have actually gotten rid of rotary telephone machines.

davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)

13. Congratulations

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 04:04 PM

Mar 2013

I lived in a rural area for many years myself and had to deal with Dial-up. It wasn't until I moved out to urban California for a while that I discovered that there really was faster internet. Night and day, seriously. Enjoy the upgrade, it makes an enormous difference.

Kali

(55,007 posts)

14. ha, I beat you by about a half a year

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 04:13 PM

Mar 2013

but I am using a limited data cell card from verizon - total ripoff, but I dumped the land line altogether so saving a few bucks there.

no going back!

Archae

(46,322 posts)

15. When I went from dial-up to cable...

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 04:52 PM

Mar 2013

It was startling, to say the least.

Bucky

(53,998 posts)

16. as a present to you, here's an animated gif that might look better on a slow load

Reply to panader0 (Original post)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 05:19 PM

Mar 2013

*BOOM*
(that was your mind)

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)

17. Back in the days of dialup that gif probably would've taken an hour to upload

Reply to Bucky (Reply #16)

Sun Mar 3, 2013, 05:47 PM

Mar 2013

I am not kidding (and those of you with dialup know I'm not).

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