Primarily, it caters to rural and remote areas where the infrastructure for high-speed internet has not been fully developed. AOL weirdly still hosts a dialer program on its dial-up page, ...

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American ...

There are some instances where using a phone line for home internet service makes sense, particularly if you are looking for a very cheap, very basic dial-up connection, or if you're relying on ...