Talk:Dial-up Internet access

message: What is BROADBANS? I tried loooking it up - nothing. Teamgoon 14:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Broadband

message: No mention is made of high-speed dial-up, and I've never used it and can't find non-corporate/advertising explanations of the technology. Can anyone expand on this? —68.62.17.196 00:49, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Whoops, just found what i was looking for: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/high-speed.htm   —68.62.17.196 00:51, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  High-speed dial-up 

message: I think it should be pointed out that, now that a lot of people are eschewing land-line phones (and using internet to the point that the phone is useless for calls), the price of dial-up internet now basically INCLUDES the price of the phone line, which puts it up pretty high. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.21.221 (talk) 23:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expense 

message: Will there always be a way to connect via dial-up? Many older computer simply cannot acsess broadband, so will there be a time when they cannot be used? Or is there a way of connecting a dial-up modem even if only broadband service is supplied? Liamoliver 20:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Eventually, I believe dial-up will be replaced by other ways of "broadband", even if that means a "narrowband". What I mean is that fax/modems will be replaced more and more by cable modems and dsl transceivers (that's how it's called, right?), even if the company will only give a small transmission capacity to the subscriber. That's probably because the cost of having a telephone call only to access Internet is becoming too high (specially in countries where large phone service usage still is beyond the buying power of most consumers), and many other ways of access like local wireless ISPs are probably one of the ideal dial-up substitutes (price + performance wise). If you take into account that even fixed phone service (typical POTS) by itself is going to be replaced by more efficient ways of voice communication like VoIP (specially after QoS improves, that is), I think what I said really makes sense. Finally, it may be good to add that trend (if nobody did already) as long as we find an objective statistical report about that. Davidcesarino 15:24, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: PROBLEM:  Cable, DSL, or VOIP services do not work during power outages.  I would not want to be cut-off from civilization if another 9/11 happened, if I was hit by another Katrina, or if a blizzard destroyed the power transformer.  The phone line is typically the only thing still working in those cases.   Therefore phone lines serve as an important back-up during emergencies.     ----  As for dialup, companies like Netzero or Netscape will continue offering it as long as they can still make money.  They are only charging $7.00 per month now, so I'm not sure how much longer they can exist on such low incomes.  ----  Theaveng (talk) 12:06, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why would you need a dial-up modem during a power outage? Your computer still needs electricity. Rchard2scout (talk) 20:42, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Laptop battery, home-produced electricity. —ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ (ᚷᛖᛋᛈᚱᛖᚳ) 03:25, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Service providers 

message: "Stop writing shit in this article without a citation for it," is  very, very poor netiquette.  Take a moment to read this:  Calm down.   ----  Theaveng (talk) 11:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ALVIS:  Please adjust your attitude 

message: This article talks about dial-up in the US; what about outside the US? What about China and Africa, do they still use dial-up?--Prosfilaes (talk) 20:52, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalize 

message: Dial-up access is a more appropriate term, since dial-ip is not limited to Internet access only; the same method can be used to remote access closed networks such as Bulletin board systems, FidoNet,  or Home banking services, using many different protocols. --82.179.218.11 (talk) 12:52, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  uh huh, I used to call into a DECVAX daily at work with a 1200baud MODEM in my ibm to process our companys accounting, which is about as far seperated from the internet as you can get. time to move the articel.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.115.30.233 (talk) 20:38, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  *Strongly support, since Internet access is only one application of a dial-up data connectivity. The title "Dial-up Internet access" discounts the many non-Internet uses of modems, e.g. TDD relays, bulletin-board systems, automated teller machines, remote maintenence, etc. The article should be retitled "Dial-up", "Dial-up access" or something of the sort (as mentioned above) and a section given therein explaining its use as a means of accessing Internet service providers.— comment added 00:06, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dial-up Internet access vs. generic Dial-up 

message: Unless I missed it somewhere, the article doesn't spell out the fact that, unlike broadband services, even those such as DSL which use the phone line, the dial-up connection is using the telephone service itself for the connection, and as such, phone calls can neither be initiated nor received on the phone line during the internet dial-up session.
I guess this issue is eluded to where it states "In analog serial communications modems, once the connection is established, the data communications session consumes all available bandwidth."; however it isn't really spelled out in practical terms exactly what that implies.
TimHoltz (talk) 15:13, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: . I made a change to cover this. --Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 16:39, 5 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dial-up service ties up phone line 

message: As an example, Netscape ISP uses a compression program that squeezes images, text, and other objects at a proxy server,
'squeezes' ???  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.193.189.151 (talk) 10:00, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  what does this mean? 

message: In 1979, Tom Truscott and Steve Bellovin, graduate students for Duke University, would create an early predecessor to dial-up Internet access – called the USENET
Usenet was a message board service. I think you meant UUCPNET.
Sean Brunnock (talk) 13:12, 13 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  UUCPNET, not USENET 

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message: "The Internet speed using this technology can drop to 21.6 kbit/s or less." What? Drop from what? What is the speed dropping from? This sentence makes no sense. Kind regards, JJK2000 (talk) 05:57, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weird sentence 

message: "One contributing factor is the bandwidth requirements of newer computer programs, like operating systems and antivirus software". What? Isn't streaming and video a larger contributor to bandwidth requirements nowdays? This seems like it was written in 2005. Kind regards, JJK2000 (talk) 05:59, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another wierd sentence