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24-07-2008, 14:04
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Those using internet for just sending few email and browsing a few sites have many other better thing to bother about rather than broadband.  |
Dial up isn't reliable though. If you want to download a 100kb file, 1 out of 2 chance is that the download would stop and you'd have to restart it.
If you're looking for reliable dialup internet access, Tesco may be beneficial  |
25-07-2008, 10:22
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Dial up isn't reliable though. If you want to download a 100kb file, 1 out of 2 chance is that the download would stop and you'd have to restart it.
If you're looking for reliable dialup internet access, Tesco may be beneficial |
Reliable dialup internet access? - does that exist?  .
Well if it does, nobodys told AOL about it yet! |
25-07-2008, 11:23
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Dial up isn't reliable though. If you want to download a 100kb file, 1 out of 2 chance is that the download would stop and you'd have to restart it.
If you're looking for reliable dialup internet access, Tesco may be beneficial |
I never thought to go back to dial up.
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25-07-2008, 13:58
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I never thought to go back to dial up. |
I think if you did we'd be referring you for some professional help  . lol |
25-07-2008, 17:19
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Reliable dialup internet access? - does that exist? .
Well if it does, nobodys told AOL about it yet! |
Haha! AOL are famous for their dialup access - that's why they're popular in remote places of america - hence the name |
28-07-2008, 08:31
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Haha! AOL are famous for their dialup access - that's why they're popular in remote places of america - hence the name |
Hehe, well I'm glad that America is Online Line as the UK most definitely isn't with them!  |
28-07-2008, 10:38
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Hehe, well I'm glad that America is Online Line as the UK most definitely isn't with them! |
Probably because of the name - you see, there UK advertisements are a little different to US advertisements |
28-07-2008, 11:02
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Probably because of the name - you see, there UK advertisements are a little different to US advertisements |
Well the both claim the same service, its just their delivery in this country . |
28-07-2008, 22:31
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This is true. I'm not sure how AOL has any customers left in the UK as everyone I know just says to keep well away!
Anyway, I've been away for the last week or two in Scotland and have been using my mobile and laptop for net access. Signal was patchy so I was back on dial up. It's quite funny as I basically reconfigured my whole firewall to stop everything accessing the net so I could actually have enough speed to load a website hosting! |
29-07-2008, 06:56
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This is true. I'm not sure how AOL has any customers left in the UK as everyone I know just says to keep well away!
Anyway, I've been away for the last week or two in Scotland and have been using my mobile and laptop for net access. Signal was patchy so I was back on dial up. It's quite funny as I basically reconfigured my whole firewall to stop everything accessing the net so I could actually have enough speed to load a website hosting! |
lol, back in the dark ages - you see this is why you shouldn't have left Manchester, I'm on my mobile net at the moment and getting 3 meg download and 750k upload . |
29-07-2008, 09:02
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Yes, but this was holiday in the middle of Scotland! Where I am at home, I get broadband speeds using my mobile . |
29-07-2008, 09:22
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Yes, but this was holiday in the middle of Scotland! Where I am at home, I get broadband speeds using my mobile . |
But I gathered you would not be home for a while |
29-07-2008, 22:49
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But I gathered you would not be home for a while |
You must have fast broadband... |
29-07-2008, 22:57
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I'm currently using my ADSL connection so speed isn't really an issue!
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30-07-2008, 06:48
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I'm currently using my ADSL connection so speed isn't really an issue!
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Whereever he may go, whereever he may be, Mr Jonathan Crass has super fast broadband especially for he!
(OK then ends a little crap, but English was never my strong subject, especially not literature and especially not poetry! - although I did get A at GCSE ). |
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