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01-14-2006, 08:44 PM
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Anyone use PeoplePC as a net provider?
Any one use this, if so how do you like it compared to your previous ISP
I use a local ISP now, dialup at 45.2-46.6 so I cant complain about that, but I am paying $20 a month plus $36 for a dedicated phone line
DSL or broadband is not available here, only hi speed option is Sat thru Directv( seperate tho, no deals available)
I would like to save a little money naturally, but I was wondering if anyone used a provider on dial up that offers "accelerated dialup, is it really that much faster?
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When considering courage in battle, one should remember that there are 2 sides to every conflict.
The heroism of the losing side rarely gets remembered
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01-14-2006, 08:47 PM
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Eat more PIE
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Doug it really isnt that much faster you can only push so much so fast through an analog line sorry buddy.
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01-14-2006, 08:55 PM
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The "accelerated" high speed uses some technique to pull HTML code faster than regular. So text only pages will load faster -- pictures and other files will still load at the normal dialup speed.
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01-14-2006, 09:01 PM
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I know they cache commonly hit sites on their server to speed things up, when I asked my ISP if they offered it they waved it off as "smoke and mirrors " basically
So discounting the speed issue, anyone have experience with this particular provider, it kinda burns my ass tp pay $20 when I could get DSL in town for $7 more, and no moving aint an option
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When considering courage in battle, one should remember that there are 2 sides to every conflict.
The heroism of the losing side rarely gets remembered
but we were all husbands and fathers, sons and bros
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01-14-2006, 10:14 PM
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Doug net zero advertises around here for 9.95 a month also maybe something to look into
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01-15-2006, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by dobejazz
Doug net zero advertises around here for 9.95 a month also maybe something to look into
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Kelli, I ignored PeoplePC emails long enough, now they sent me a disk 
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When considering courage in battle, one should remember that there are 2 sides to every conflict.
The heroism of the losing side rarely gets remembered
but we were all husbands and fathers, sons and bros
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01-22-2006, 12:26 PM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
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I have a friend who uses PeoplePC and likes it, but she doesn't do much work on the computer, mostly uses it for email.
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01-22-2006, 01:54 PM
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After reading a lot on their site , it seems most of the "bonus" features they offer work best with IE, and I use FF, so still looking
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When considering courage in battle, one should remember that there are 2 sides to every conflict.
The heroism of the losing side rarely gets remembered
but we were all husbands and fathers, sons and bros
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