I may have caught you at a bad moment there. Frankly, dialup sucks, but it beats having no access at all. I remember doing dialup at 300 baud...
Being able to watch video in realtime is nice. This was a particularly nice video to watch. I’ll second the suggestion to check out DSL that someone else made to you. If for no other reason, it speeds up downloading your email for reading later. It also lets you make phone calls while doing so. Here in my area (central Oklahoma), AT&T is advertising DSL packages for about $15 a month. I’ve got the business-class package for $35, but we share the link among half-a-dozen or so computers.
My dad lives in rural Colorado, and DSL isn’t available there yet, but will be soon. I’ve strongly suggested he sign up when he can. I make the same suggestion to you. If you like to read, there is a tremendous amount of material that suddenly becomes much more accessible. Not to mention the videos... ;)
Thanks. They have DSL in this town, but whenever I ask they say it isn’t out in my area yet. Years pass. I would launch my own commsat, but I couldn’t see it from here anyway.