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Inguyen: I live in DC, and I have Earthlink/Mindspring DSL. It's available in a lot of areas now... you should double check.
 
OT, but it's funny how quickly things change today. I remember two years ago when we would have all been trying to reconcile whether they offered x2 or whatever the other standard was. I don't even remember what it was called and that was the one I used, LOL. Then came the v.90 standard union and now we have xDSL and cable and other broadband choices.

Where will we be in 3 years? Most people won't be on dial-ups you've got to believe. Amazing tech stuff.

Edit: I forgot to think of AOL users. They will still be happy with dial-ups.
 
have to agreed with everyone about the crappy MSN rebate. Only first time buyers sign up for craps like that. MSN=Evil!


--SCSI
 
I have to laugh at this description:

'32MB SDRAM for multitasking power"

What kind of multi-tasking "power" are you going to have with 32 MB? Heh.
 
you gunna load 3 games of solitare and beat all three AT THE SAME TIME!!! hehe..

Like my description says, I have DSL available thru COVAD, but ONLY 144/144 IDSL for $70/mo.. that's freakin ridiculous.. my friend who lives 5-7 minutes away by car.... gets the option for about the same price for ~600/128 RADSL... it's just where i live.. GRRRRRR.
 
I agree with Colrenea. This deal is not geared to someone that wants a broadband connection. I signed up for 3 years with MSN when the special just started. Since then, I got a cable modem. I pay for both services, but I use the MSN service at work on my laptop. (Don't tell my boss though!) It works out well when I travel out of state, also. MSN has local numbers everywhere. Not a bad deal, but not really a good deal. If you buy a Gateway or Dell for $799, you're gonna spend $21.95 a month for internet access anyways! Or $40-70 for broadband. I think you guys are a little too hard on MSN. Lighten up a little.
 
One big thing to keep in mind, though: You're assuming that $21.95/month for dial-up access will remain at least a decent deal for the next three years. Do you really think so? I think it's likely that in three years, people locked in MSN contracts will be the only ones paying more than $20/month for dialup.
 


<< OT, but it's funny how quickly things change today. I remember two years ago when we would have all been trying to reconcile whether they offered x2 or whatever the other standard was. I don't even remember what it was called and that was the one I used, LOL. >>


K56Flex I believe. 🙂 DSL is only about 1000x better though.
 
btw, for local use, if you're not travelin everywhere... there's LOCAL ISP's... which if you do your research, will run ~10-15 usually.. yes, usually on a 1-3 yr contract as well... all prepaid... but if you're gunna do it for the year w/ MSN, go local.


Also, speakeasy (who supplies the DSL from covad to me) gives me an ISP account.. that's good almost nationwide i do believe.. tho i could be wrong... but it's a good deal in case ya need it.
 
Oh yeah, 19, count em, 19 HOT KEYS! I'm going to spend the rest of the night imagining what I'd do with all of them! 😉
 
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