I’m looking for a good cheap alternative to a laptop for my mom – she would only use it for web surfing/email and her provider is Juno dialup (yeah, I know…) Seems ridiculous to pay $500 for the low-end dell when even that has way more power than she needs. Such a device must have a large (>12″) screen and must have dialup capability. Would prefer not to buy anything used.
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Tagged alternative, capability, dell, Dialup, email, Juno, laptop, mom, provider, way, web, web surfing, yeah
I just signed up for satellite internet and it is slower than my old dialup access. Sure, download speed is faster…for downloading files. But, upload speed on the satellite is horrible! Regular web surfing is much slower than dialup.
I did a speed test on both connections. Look at the results and tell me if that is typical for dialup upload speeds to be so much faster. Should I complain to the satellite company after seeing the results below?
Satellite Average Speeds:
Upload: 70-100
Download: 1200-1500
Dialup Average Speeds:
Upload: 180-190
Download: 40-50
Posted in Dialup
Tagged access, Dialup, download, download speed, internet, satellite, satellite internet, speed, upload, web, web surfing
I’m looking for a good cheap alternative to a laptop for my mom – she would only use it for web surfing/email and her provider is Juno dialup (yeah, I know…) Seems ridiculous to pay $500 for the low-end dell when even that has way more power than she needs. Such a device must have a large (>12″) screen and must have dialup capability. Would prefer not to buy anything used.
Posted in Dialup
Tagged alternative, capability, dell, Dialup, email, Juno, laptop, mom, provider, way, web, web surfing, yeah
