After almost 10 years of being on dial-up, I finally got on cable internet last year! I started out with a 4 mb/sec connection,but it doubled to 8 megs for free!
It beats dial-up big time,but I'm on Suddenlink.
They're the worst rated on
DSL · Cable · VOIP · Security · Satellite · Fiber · News · Tips · Reviews · Community · Tools - dslreports.com. I seldom get the speed I paid for unless it's really late or really early!
At night it slows down when everyone is online. My parents just got the same service in the rural area they live in. Their dial-up was incredibly slow. I'm so happy for them even though Suddenlink isn't so great.
The only thing bad is that you get used to the high speeds! When you first go from dial-up to high-speed, it's great.