Wow that's True AT&T still offers dial up internet for $28.00.
https://www.att.com/gen/general?pid=10974
Sorry to go off topic, but my phone company has DSL for about $15. During the past two weeks, every time I would complain, I would be told my Internet is this very slow speed, a fraction of 1MB. And I would have to tell them that has been working for me for nine years. True, my latest computer has been very temperamental, though after a software upgrade it was like I had fast Internet.
When my phone company couldn't seem to fix the problem (and twice a technician showed me how the Internet worked on his laptop, so it must be my computer), I called Time Warner. My phone bill has gone up from $60 to $70 to $80 in recent years and it was beginning to look like they would never fix the problem. So my one reason for loyalty, dependable cheap Internet access, was no longer a consideration. The Time Warner person was very enthusiastic. A great salesperson. And he was shocked at what my phone company was doing and said go with us and you'll never have Internet problems again. He was able to give me a deal where I could get a phone and 50 MB because of a recent upgrade in my area for $15 less than I was paying. I did have to talk him down. I also got a very basic cell phone with a cheap plan because I was warned if the power goes out I don't have a phone. I knew this would be true if the cable or Internet went out. I didn't even break even, but a cell phone can be useful when traveling.
My phone company, informed that I needed to make sure I would still have my email address so I could still use it for official business until I got through moving everything over to the email address I assumed Time Warner would give me, was desperate not to lose me. My father had service with their predecessor for about 10 years, after which I took over after my father moved, and I've been with the predecessor and the giant company that took them over for a total of nearly 20 years. They could give me 6 MB not for an additional $25 a month (to go up to $45 a month after a year), but for $18 less than I was currently paying. Every time I had asked about an upgrade because of frustration with my virus protection tech support or some other problem related to slow Internet, no one could get me a better deal than that. The minute I decide to leave, they can give me a deal.
I cancelled Time Warner and was told they could give me an EVEN BETTER deal! Sorry, but with all the complications associated with that, I'd rather stick with my phone company. I do have a decision to make a year from now, though, because that deal was only promised for a year. Meanwhile, I had to pay extra for their premium tech support and they still couldn't do anything. So after the time my upgrade was supposed to take place, I was still having many of the same difficulties. But one thing I was told to do which didn't work when I was on the phone (meaning I would have to take the computer to a repair place and that would cost even more) did work when I was off the phone. Considering it took hours, during which time I could do other stuff, it was just as well. The computer was even worse afterward simply because everything had been cleared out, but some sites eventually worked.
Today, everything is great! A few problems but I can blame Microsoft Edge because these problems happen at libraries too.
