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have2dialup's picture

Retiree can't afford Cable or high-speed access.

Submitted by have2dialup on Apr 22, 2009 at 7:08 pm

Hello, It's my first time posting here although we're on the Internet every day.

Besides news, email, chat boards, shopping, watching stock markets and charts, we would like to be able to have full use of Videos, You Tube and other common uses which don't work for us because we can only afford dial-up which costs us $9.95 @ month.

There must be lots of others who, especially in these hard economic times are having to make choices about whether to cut back expense of high-speed access.

So, I don't get to do anything or view anything that is Video ... it just doesn't work.

Why can't the internet be like the radio, just plug it in and make your choices. This is probably a re-run of previous posts but being new I appreciate hearing from you.

TIA.