First since I do not believe in central planning I do not know what competitors will once they have the freedom to offer services. This what is awesome about the Free Market, if there is market that was moved closed off now open they will find creative ways to provide services. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 27, 2017, at 10:43 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:11:02 -0700 > Eric Oyen wrote: > >> The days of >> dialup internet are also long gone. who would spend $19 a month for >> 56k when you can get that price point on 1 Mbit service? > > Many people way out in the country have no wired connection except > phone lines, 56k, and if that's all they've got, they'll pay their > $50/month for it (no alternative, remember?). > > But more to the point, today's average website takes 5 minutes to load > on dialup. I'm proud that most pages on Troubleshooters.Com still > load reasonably well on dialup. Perhaps that doesn't improve my bottom > line, but I think it makes me a good citizen. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > November 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts > http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss