NationStates Jolt Archive

Yes folks, that's right: After 8 years of waiting hours for dial-up to load my porn, my parents are finally going to get a digital subscriber line. Problem, we don't know which one to get.

O great powers of NSG, help us decide.

Now, your location says "That Silicon Valley"...do you mean the Silicon Valley? Because having a dialup connection in the high tech center of the world would be rather wonderfully ironic.

Now, your location says "That Silicon Valley"...do you mean the Silicon Valley? Because having a dialup connection in the high tech center of the world would be rather wonderfully ironic.

Yeah. :p

I, sadly, am still stuck in the wasteland of Dial-up.

Fortunatley, work and school have wonderful high-speed connections, so I don't have too much to complain about.

I, sadly, am still stuck in the wasteland of Dial-up.

Fortunatley, work and school have wonderful high-speed connections, so I don't have too much to complain about.

Same here, but we digress.

So back to the original question: Which one should my family get?

Same here, but we digress.

So back to the original question: Which one should my family get?

How about buying some deodorant first?

Seems that your priorities are out of line, pal...

How about buying some deodorant first?

Seems that your priorities are out of line, pal...

I have a stick of Old Spice I've never used. Like, really old Old Spice.

I'll take your word for it.

Anything is better than 56k! Except 14.4k and similar crimes against bandwidth!

There is something better, free wireless Internet from people not putting encryption on their wireless Internet routers.