March 2009 Archives

With SlipStream SP, it's more like an inexpensive, rocket-powered horse and buggy.

You remember dial-up? It's the beep, crackle, pop method of logging on to send e-mail and browse the Web that was pretty much the only option in the early days of the Internet.

In today's world of social networking, online videos and music downloads, going from high-speed to dial-up is like switching from a Maserati to a horse and buggy. But some say the hundreds they would save might make them go back, especially for those who have high-speed Internet at work.

Cost-conscious consumers downgrade from cable Internet to dial-up

A new study of 2008 broadband adoption reveals that subscriber growth continued its declining trend. Between factors like excessive premiums, comparatively slow speeds, and a segment of the population that has yet to be wooed away from dial-up, the US' broadband market is more saturated than ever.

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/03/us-broadband-growth-plummeted-over-13-in-2008.ars