| Many people living with dial-up are doing so | | | | broadband internet for those living in remote and |
| because the frustrating moment where dial-up | | | | rural areas, whereas before there was only |
| really screws something up, has yet to strike. | | | | dial-up. The most exciting new invention to hit the |
| Sometimes it takes until a person decides to pick | | | | rural world is that of satellite internet service. With |
| up a hobby collecting antiques and wants to | | | | the ability to upload, download, send and share |
| download the PDF of a local auction brochure. | | | | huge files, just like our urban counterparts who |
| Other times, a person decides that a career as an | | | | have had high speed broadband internet for |
| author is in store, but can't send manuscripts out | | | | years, there's no more need to feel short |
| because the file size times out his or her email. | | | | changed by dial-up service. |
| Other times a person just wants to see the | | | | Not only does satellite internet have the ability to |
| photos a grandchild sent of his or her first school | | | | help by providing speeds up to 50 times that of |
| play, and can't gain access due to dial-up access | | | | dial-up, but it allows users to enjoy the |
| that continuously times out. | | | | convenience of "always on" internet. This means |
| The fact of the matter is that as technology gets | | | | that instead of trying to dial into an ISP ten times |
| better, file sizes get increasingly bigger. Digital | | | | before finally making a successful connection, only |
| photographs have more detail than ever. Written | | | | to lose it again when the dial-up provider kicks |
| documents can be thousands of pages in length | | | | you off for overstaying your welcome on the |
| and still send easily in a world wired by broadband | | | | network, the internet can be on all the time. At |
| internet. Documents sent in PDF can have detail | | | | any time of day you can get your emails, news, |
| scarcely imagined just a few generations ago, and | | | | announcements, instant messages and more |
| all of it is presumed to be downloadable in just | | | | without having to periodically sign on and off, |
| minutes or even seconds by the worlds of DSL | | | | waiting for that important message or mail. |
| and cable internet broadband service. | | | | To save peace of mind, and of course time, it |
| When that frustrating moment strikes, dial-up | | | | just makes sense to make the switch to satellite |
| users, who previously had been somewhat | | | | internet. With the convenience of satellite internet |
| peacefully enjoying their dial-up, using little more | | | | broadband speeds, and the simple installation |
| than basic email, news, and search functions, may | | | | process of a satellite dish completed by an |
| begin to furiously search for a second choice. Until | | | | installation professional, the reasons not to take |
| recently, the fed up dial-up user probably came | | | | advantage of fast, reliable, satellite internet are |
| back to the table, sad, defeated, and empty | | | | likely to run out long before your dial-up |
| handed in the absence of DSL or cable | | | | connection loads the page of your local satellite |
| connectivity services. | | | | internet provider. |
| Today, there are options in the world of | | | | |