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We were talking to some friends about our kids and how amazing it is the technology they have at their fingertips. All of our kids are pretty internet savvy now and use it to send emails and get online to some of their favorite sites like Disney.com and Webkinz. All of these sites use alot of graphics and video to keep the attention of the kids and we were wondering what it would be like accessing these site over standard 56K modems.  My kids would probably scream murder if they had to use anything slower than broadband. This instant access to friends and information will hold some interesting developments as more and more content comes online and video and TV merge through the technology platform. This will provide our kids the ability to watch their favorite TV shows on their web enabled cell phones to MP3 players. I still remember the days of the 14.4K modem and I thought it the internet was great when I upgraded to my 56K modem.

For those who must use dialup or who choose to use dialup, there’s no reason to pay ten to twenty dollars for service anymore. It is estimated that 40% of those individuals who access the internet still do so over dialup. The huge migration over to broadband has created a glut of modem capacity, and PCDialup.com is using this excess capacity to offer silly low pricing. They also offer an accelerated version that will give you access speeds up to 3 to 5 times faster than standard 56k modems. They also offer up to 5 email accounts with up to 2 gig of storage for each and custom home pages.

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