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Fix The Stupid

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2. Yep, I'm one of those - still on dial-up

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Thu Dec 22, 2016, 11:33 AM

Dec 2016

All we can get where I live. I don't even live in the 'boonies' per se...

3 major towns within 15 minutes of me...

And all I can get is 4.5kps download speed on dial-up.

Xplorenet (Satellite) sounds like a scam...they throttle the speeds from 7:00am to 1:00am, contsant drops, etc. "Garbage" is what my neighbour said about them when he tried it...

I refuse to use anything from Rogers, so the rocket hub is out, plus it is crazy expensive...

Something needs to be done - it's 2017...

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CRTC to rule on whether internet is an essential service [View all] inanna Dec 2016 OP

It is essential riverbendviewgal Dec 2016 #1

Yep, I'm one of those - still on dial-up Fix The Stupid Dec 2016 #2