Doug and Marjorie King, who both run businesses out of their town of Perry home in southwestern Dane County, are frustrated that their phone provider hasn't offered high-speed Internet service in their area. The faster connection speed is vital for downloading large files and viewing many Web pages that feature videos and graphics.
I live in rural Florida and dial-up is the only service available except a very expensive, nearly $100 per month satellite service. It also requires a several hundred dollar start up charge.
Maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I got along fairly well with dial-up but so many web pages, services etc. are set up for high speed and dial up is just not practical. For instance Youtube downloads can take an hour or more. Microsoft updates can take days to download.
It really is a real problem.