Yes, Virginia, there are still people on dialup

I am so spoiled. Where we live, we have a cable modem. It’s easy to take that nice, fast connection for granted.

Until I go see my parents. I won’t say they live out in the middle of nowhere, but both the cable company and phone company refuse to do anything out there except basic phone service. Like, you get a dial tone and that’s it. Even though the fiber optic cable is just right outside their door (not enough of a population – there are probably more deer than people).

So that means they have dialup service. Yes, remember when you used a modem to get online? They still do. So while I’m visiting them, it means I do, too.

Ah, the joys of country living.

I’ll still be posting, but I may not have a lot of pretty visual accompaniment until I can get to my brother’s house. He who lives closer to civilization where they have DSL.

I kid, but only a little.