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I don't get jealous of speeds. What I have works 99% of the time, pages load within a couple seconds, etc. I would like to multitask sometimes, like browse the internet while something is downloading/uploading (yes I could set it for prioritizing a little better, but most of the reason it doesn't work is because of poor signal). Multiple people would cause an issue, but then a person would just have to get another account with what I have.
Dialup was always less than 28.8 and disconnected all the time (static on the copper lines). It was also limited to 30 hours per month, which was enough. All the major providers like AOL were long distance calls. I switched to 0.5 meg satellite in '06, 7.5GB download cap, 2.3GB upload during 30 rolling days. I used Linux, so I would still order cds so I didn't have to download them. Still know several people that have dialup, but the phone company won't let new people on that.
All internet here is advertised as "up to". Satellite carriers say "up to" 5 meg with the last service. Most evenings, due to congestion, you would be lucky for .5. The last upgraded satellite didn't cover about half the country, so things got very congested. DSL is "up to", at the end of the line, you might pay for 5 meg, but you might get .25 at best. That's just how it works, no guarantees, if you don't like it, tough.
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