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>>I have had AT&T@Home since August and like it! Hope all this gets resolved soon. Everything changes and all that.
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>I've had it for over two years. The first year I had LOTS of problems, but now those are fixed, I really like it.
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>>DSL in my area is something to stay away from.
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>>Just when I got over one hundred files uploaded to my flamenco guitar web site this has to happen! The luck of the Irish! :)
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>>My wife asked me to sign up for a second account just a few minutes before the notice was sent by e-mail about the possible loss of service.
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>>Tom
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>I'm really not looking forward to going back to dialup, but if AT&T Broadband shuts down, it is my only choice.

A few years ago, 56K modem weren't too bad because websites didn't have a lot of graphical and/or dynamic content, and cookies weren't encountered very often.

Now, with some sites throwing 4 and 5 cookies on the first click, lots of graphics and then having remote ad servers dropping dynamic banners on to the page, 56K surfing is similar to Chinese Water Torture. I have a tier I ADSL connection and some sites make it seem like molassas. And, if I am not mistaken, some sites are throwing cookies and then checking to see if they can read it back. If they can't the site won't display...

Although UT looks pretty and is fast from a T1 here at work, flash and other dynamic additions can slow down access a lot from a 56K modem. That's the main reason why I wished that Michael hadn't gussied up UT so much.

If my ADSL service drops I will probably limit my www activity to email and selected resource sites.

Jerry