Talk:Dial-up internet access

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Could someone with a better source replace the statistic provided by the GameFAQs poll?. GameFAQs is a videogame-related site and its polls are hardly statistically proper. The site targets gamers and, as such, its polls are likely to be voted on by people with a high inclanation to use a broadband connection (Gamers are more likely to have broadbans). I think it would be more proper to use a poll from a more reputable statistical source. The GameFAQs poll information is OK when no other data is available, but it would be best to remove it once someone brings a more accurate statistical source.

What is BROADBANS? I tried loooking it up - nothing. Teamgoon 14:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Is link any good?

I looked at http://www.myispfinder.org/tutorials/ and didn't find it terribly helpful, but very ad laden. Any objections to me pulling it out? Josh Parris 01:44, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I fully agree that the link is NOT good. I counted a total of 7 "tutorials", which consist of a single screenshot, and a sentence or two of rudimentary explanation. The density of ads supercedes content, which is a classic sign of a pointless site. Remove it, Josh! — Fudoreaper 18:18, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
Then please suggest what you would like to see on this page. If you would like to see all ads removed consider it done. We truely are attempting to offer dialup related content for the education of the public. Look forward to your suggestions. —preceding unsigned comment by User:Hiii98 (talk • contribs)
Wikipedia is not the appropriate venue in which to advertise your site, be it personal or professional.--||bass 01:32, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

The thing I noticed most about the tutorials is that they were images that demanded I click on the right parts of the images, but didn't offer visual hints that I needed to do that to make the tutorial progress. Josh Parris 00:15, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] High-speed dial-up

No mention is made of high-speed dial-up, and I've never used it and can't find non-corporate/advertising explanations of the technology. Can anyone expand on this? —68.62.17.196 00:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The noises

The noises need to be mentioned.

Modern modems mute those. --Trusader 02:58, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] vishal

vishal pathak was born in the year 1984 march 30 his e mail address is 007.pathak@gmail.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.177.146.114 (talk) 16:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Expense

I think it should be pointed out that, now that a lot of people are eschewing land-line phones (and using internet to the point that the phone is useless for calls), the price of dial-up internet now basically INCLUDES the price of the phone line, which puts it up pretty high. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 23:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Service providers

Will there always be a way to connect via dial-up? Many older computer simply cannot acsess broadband, so will there be a time when they cannot be used? Or is there a way of connecting a dial-up modem even if only broadband service is supplied? Liamoliver 20:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Eventually, I believe dial-up will be replaced by other ways of "broadband", even if that means a "narrowband". What I mean is that fax/modems will be replaced more and more by cable modems and dsl transceivers (that's how it's called, right?), even if the company will only give a small transmission capacity to the subscriber. That's probably because the cost of having a telephone call only to access Internet is becoming too high (specially in countries where large phone service usage still is beyond the buying power of most consumers), and many other ways of access like local wireless ISPs are probably one of the ideal dial-up substitutes (price + performance wise). If you take into account that even fixed phone service (typical POTS) by itself is going to be replaced by more efficient ways of voice communication like VoIP (specially after QoS improves, that is), I think what I said really makes sense. Finally, it may be good to add that trend (if nobody did already) as long as we find an objective statistical report about that. Davidcesarino 15:24, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
PROBLEM: Cable, DSL, or VOIP services do not work during power outages. I would not want to be cut-off from civilization if another 9/11 happened, if I was hit by another Katrina, or if a blizzard destroyed the power transformer. The phone line is typically the only thing still working in those cases. Therefore phone lines serve as an important back-up during emergencies. ---- As for dialup, companies like Netzero or Netscape will continue offering it as long as they can still make money. They are only charging $7.00 per month now, so I'm not sure how much longer they can exist on such low incomes. ---- Theaveng (talk) 12:06, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infrastructure

I take issue with the statement 'Dial-up requires no additional infrastructure on top of the telephone network.' There was a huge infrastructure put in place in each country with a large number of dial-up users. Typically modem servers have been installed in local and trunk exchanges to groom dial-up interent traffic off the PSTN and onto an IP network. Without this flat-rate dial-up internet (FRIACO) would be uneconomic. As broadband became more available and dial-up demand decreases this infrastructure becomes redundant, the situation in each country is different. John a s (talk) 00:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Improvements made *internal to the ISP's building* is not part of the infrastructure which is *external* to the ISP building. External to the building, nothing was changed..... it's still the same voice-quality, 4000-hertz bandwidth lines that we've always used.
The only part of that sentence that is incorrect is saying "infrastructure on top of". Infrastructure can not lie on top of something because the word "infra" means bottom. The infrastructure is the foundation. ---- Theaveng (talk) 11:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ALVIS: Please adjust your attitude

"Stop writing shit in this article without a citation for it," is very, very poor netiquette. Take a moment to read this: Calm down. ---- Theaveng (talk) 11:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)