Believe me, I don't like 56K dialup. But I live in the boonies and DSL and cable are not offered here and satellite Internet is too expensive and unreliable.
It would be interesting if John could put a poll on the forum home page about how FReepers connect to the Internet.
I certainly know what you mean about dial-up speed though! :)
My first computer was a MacIntosh Performa and I believe I had an 8k dialup, but that may have been my memory(8mb) for all the good my memory is now. Until very recently, I had been on 56k since buying an Imac in 99. Now we have highspeed through our cable service and it is great.