any of these sites that has a movie longer than 30 seconds takes my computer FOREVER to "download" whatever.  my neighbor says its my dial-up connection & that i need to buy something faster.  it anybody with a regular dial up connection able to use these sites?

Bullwinkle

dial-up? gasp ;-) just kidding.

It's not surprising that longer movies take forever to download on a 56Kbits/sec connection. Cable modem usually runs at 10-50 Mbits/sec, i.e., 200-1000 times faster...

Gotcha!  For 9.95 a month, i shouldn't expect too much from my netscape connection.  Thanks!

I had AOL dial up and I couldn't get any video like You Tube. I changed to AT&T and love it. All video works great. They have a plan for 19.95 DSL. I went with the 27.95 plan which is faster.

Hi Bw,

ont know if you have access to any of:

CavTel,

ATT

Verizon

Cox/Comcast

etc

All have packages of DSL or Cable modem - these are millions of bits per second kinds of services and the prices can be as noted above...

Dial-up is 56 thousand bits per second (if your modem negotiates that good a connection with the other end's modem.....it can be and often is less..

I pay about @ 50/mo for Cable I'net connection - dont use their TV or Phone - but could get all for about @ 110/mo.  Due to some local wiring issues, Verizon doesnt support low-cost DSL for my area - it'd be 110/mo.  If your Local phone wire supplier doesnt offer it...then you probably cant get it from CavTel or anyone else either...

Take a look at http://www.dslreports.com/search .

 Good luck

D 

Bullwinkle,

Hey man, I thought I was the last one to switch from dial up to DSL.  I guess there is one person left huh?

Trust me, splurge for the extra $10 a month, you wont be sorry!

Good Luck with whatever you decide!

Brian