FreeLists / arachne / [arachne] Re: anybody out there ?

["Gregory Parks" <falco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:39:50 -0500, Jason Dodd wrote:

> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!

> I was joking.

> But it's relative.  I, too, didn't think I needed a high speed account.
> But when I factored in the fact that a dial up account meant I had to
> have a phone line, high is coming down in price, etc.  It all added up
> to dial up not being fiscally justifiable any more.  Then when I tried
> high speed, that fact just got even more true.  The time savings in just
> webrowsing alone is convincing enough IMO.  Add to that the savings when
> you actually dl files and it's most definitely not economically sound in
> my neck of the woods to keep dial up.

My dialup is about 5$ per month and my basic telephone service is under
30$

> High Speed worth it?  Best $35 a month I've ever spent.  The phone bill
> plus dial up bill is more expensive here even so it costs me less than
> dial up.

If I were doing major league downloading on a regular a high speed
connection would be worth it or if the costs got down to under 10$/mo.
 
> But, you're right.  There is no NEED for high speed.  In fact, we don't
> NEED computers at all for that matter.

but how would we keep the dust off our desks? ;->

have fun
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