Roadfood is NOT for dial up

My laptop and DSL got popped by lightning last week. I thought I would visit today on an old box that uses dial up. It took me almost three minutes to load thsi post request. So many banners and bounching stuff...well dial up can't handle it. Just a comment.

I think something may be amiss with your dial-up or modem. I often access through a cell phone connection on my laptop when on the road. This is a real slow connection, but doesn't come close to taking three minutes to load.

My girlfriend still has dial up and I have tried to get on to Roadfood while at her place. I am so impatient, it drove me insane. I don't even try anymore.

Hey, I've been on the site for several years...and all I have available is a dial-up connection. My best speed connection is about 44000 kbs. I don't look at the videos on folks posts, but with a little patience I have been moderating the system for quite awhile. I would like to have dsl or another hi-speed arrangement, but here in the southern Indiana rural land we aren't even on the list for dsl for several more years.

So I gripe and skip some stuff. But it does work.
AL

Regarding pop-ups. Search out "Ad Muncher." It knocks all of them out. It's free for a month, then it's a 1-time cost of around $28. Or you can buy something, like a printer cartridge, from one of their link partners and get it for free forever. It's a great add-on. I've been using it for a couple months and pop-ups are practically non-existant. If you get one, you can report it to Ad Muncher and they'll add it to their list. You can unblock individual URLs where you might want or need their pop-ups and control the size of pop-ups to allow or not allow. It's very flexible and should speed up any connection.

I understand, and sympathize; when I go on vacation and take the computer, often I'm limited to dialup, too.

But also, I think of it this way; Roadfood is also not for Windows 3.1, it's not for Intel 386 chips and 4 megs of RAM, it's not for monochrome video and 14" monitors.

The narrow pipeline that we are sometimes forced to use is a vestige from the past. More and more frequently you'll find wireless and highspeed hookups, until someday dialup won't even be offered (just like you can't buy ms-dos discs retail any more). Until then, we persevere.


Tom

I could never go back to dial-up. I just boosted my DSL service to the highest speed premium. YouTube and opening desertdog threads finally got to me.

Sadly, these "machines" and their peripherals are all designed for obsolescence.

That said, we just took the jump into the 1990s with DSL at home early this year. The new Roadfood banner ads were slowing things down, but not as much as you're experiencing. I do find that occasionally an ad or a site requires the latest version of Flash (which I don't download on one laptop out of space concerns) and it can cause Explorer to shut down.

Tony, I use the cellphone connection (from Verzion) exclusively in my work. I guess it depends on your area, but I don't find it to be significantly slower than the basic DSL.

Just wait untill you get a chance to try FIOS. WOAH BABY! Talk about speed.
I also have it for my cable tv and I am very impressed.
The only problem is if there is a power outage I loose my phone also, But that's very rare. I have considered getting a cell phone for a back up, but then again it's nice when the phone dosen't ring. Chow Jim

Believe it or not, up here in Alaska we have all the bells and whistles....high speed DSL internet that allows me to use my free Skype phone! Even my old Inspiron 8100 is super fast here.

I have high speed cable. This site still loads in very slowly. I can go anywhere else, no problem, youtube, photobucket, etc. But Roadfood is so slow to load in, nearly as bad as when I had dial up.

I have heard FIOS will be available in my area around 2075.

I was planning to upgrade to FIOS as soon as it gets to my town. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I read the dirty little secret regarding what Verizon is doing in conjunction with the installation of the fiber optic lines in one's home.

Are you ready? They eliminate the old copper line connecting your home to the "regular" network. Note that Qwest & AT& T do not remove copper wire in their service areas when installing fiber optic lines to a customer's home. Why would Verizon go to this extra trouble, rather than just leaving the copper wire in place, along with the new fiber optic line? Because once they remove the copper wire, you are then their captive customer! Once the copper wire is removed, you will be unable to access the internet (or phone service for that matter) through any other provider. And, you can't go back to dial-up because that option in now impossible, following the removal of the copper wire connecting your home to the old network. Pretty neat, huh?

It seems that this "service" is buried in the boilerplate contract language that customers agree to, but since the text goes on for several pages, few people actually read it. And, of course, after the initial contract period (one year, I believe) the monthly rate goes up drastically.

Under current laws, telephone companies are required to share their copper wire network, but not their fiber optic network. Unless the laws change to favor the consumer, I will have to pass on Verizon FIOS service.

I am on cable modem at present. Faster than DSL, fer sure. Much more expensive, also. Absolutely zero competition in my area also which makes things suck even more. DSL connectivity ends about 2 miles before it reaches my area. Fine. One good thing; I am on VoIP fer now (Vonage) Yes..., I know, etc... Telephone bill mighty inexpensive as a result. If I ever had 2 go back to dial-up I would probably quit the net; as the best connection speed I ever had in my locale was always less than 20000 kbs. I an a Skype user also. Anyone else out there in RF land besides lleechef ?

I have two cable modems in my house. I use to have dial up about five years ago and Al is correct, it is slower than Christmas.

I do not think fiber optics is available at my zip code. I am not sure that I know what the other ones are that is being discussed.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

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Originally posted by Sundancer7

I have two cable modems in my house. I use to have dial up about five years ago and Al is correct, it is slower than Christmas.

I do not think fiber optics is available at my zip code. I am not sure that I know what the other ones are that is being discussed.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

FIOS = Fiber (FI) Optics (O) Service (S)

What is Skype?

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN