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These basic DSL packages cost only $60-$120 a year more than dial-up. For all but the most casual of users, the big speed boost and always-on connection would seem to make broadband a no-brainer.

So Steve found himself with three ISPs - DSL, cable modem, and a dial-up service - plus the possible need for a fourth, a cellular data service. So the question was how to decide what to do away with.

Although the United States is still largely a dial-up country, it seems inevitable that dial-up will give way to faster DSL and cable technologies as time passes. Implications of this shift are ...

"You're likely not to penetrate mass market unless you're pricing closer to AOL," the world's largest dial-up Internet service provider, which charges $23.90 a month, said Mark May, an equity ...

According to J.D. Power and Associates, dial-up Internet access customers are more likely to switch to DSL than cable modem services if both were available in their area. The information services ...

The company reports another quarter of sagging growth in broadband Internet, raising speculation that the high-speed cable access market is maturing and facing more competition.

AOL's CDs were once ubiquitous, but DSL and cable modems made the company's dial-up service a dinosaur. Now, AOL is struggling for relevance and revenue, as it plots its resurrection story.

Those who have been holding on to inexpensive dial-up connections because of price concerns may have one fewer reason to do so, as SBC has lowered its DSL price to US$14.95 per month. The offer ...

There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers. Everybody has questions about them, and we aim to help. Here are a few ...

QUESTION: When I close out of Internet Explorer and disconnect from my High Speed DSL connection on my Windows XP PC, I am finding recently that my "dial up connection" window activates right ...

Would you pay $5 or $7 a month to make your dial-up Web browsing two to five times faster? A company called Propel is betting you will. After testing the company's new service, I think it could ...