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I am getting sick of my 56k dial-up and I was wondering what types of internet are cheaper (on average) and better?

BTW: Does MSN offer broadband service??

We just recently went through this.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=cafe;action=display;num=1079400411
Looks like it is split pretty evenly between Dial, broad, and DSL around here.

I personaly have cable here in this state, but I have DSL when I go home on breaks and hollidays. I would rather cut my let arm off than go back to a dial-up. It would be something akin to going from an BMW M5 to a Geo Metro; too unbearable.

I don't think there is MSN broadband, since broadband comes from your local cable company.

oops... I just started going into the Cafe SimV forum like yesterday so I didn't see that post ...

But, just so you know, broadband is any kind of high-speed internet.  Usually where I'm from, broadband means DSL, but it can also mean cable or DSL

Thats ok buddy, Ive done the same thing myself.

Ahhh. Where I'm from, broadband is only referred to as cable.

I have 56k Dial-up and I am completly sick of it, it takes ages to do anything and disconnects far too much. Next week Im getting broadband.

Have pity on us in semi-rural Australia (mind you, not too far from a major city)....many of us, including me, do not have access to broadband.  My dial-up is never better than 28 kbps !!!  Our major provider, Telstra here is an example of a monopoly which is more interested in its shareholders than providing service to its customers.

Coneccted at 37,300Bps... Oh WOW, thats good for rural Wales.... I couldn't get Broadband if i wnated to. We can't get mains gas or sewers here.  :o
Dan

You need to add "SUCKS" too your list of choices!  ;D

We have broadband, and I never thought it was that much faster until I went to a friends house. I used to think it was just good for unlimited internet use and for households which have people on the phone all day, and for that privilage one had to pay a gigantic, enormous, whoopingly horrendous price. However I found the difference jaw-dropping when I went to a friends house who had just the basic dial up. I would never go back to that... - though it's my Dad that has to pay the monthly bill so I can't really say that!
Regards,
  Ben

Ahhh, thats what I was thinking