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.
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I really do forget this sometimes — and lots of Web developers forget it, too. If your Flash site takes 10sec to load for me (with T1 or cable), what’s it gonna be like for users in the “heartland”?
It’s easy to forget, being so spoiled with high speed like I am at home. I can get online anytime I want. It’s more of an effort here.