I got DSL in 1998. I was working for a project called Web, White & Blue and they pretty much said we can’t pay our going rate until you have broadband. The work would simply be too slow on dialup. Friends at the time wondered how I could have remained a modem person for so long.
I am always interested in why someone moves to broadband today. The post below comes from a friend, Roger Sween who recently upgraded to dialup. Roger and his wife are retired. They were nominated for a Minnesota Coalition of Government Information award this year. So they are librarian friends of mine. I was surprised their conversion to broadband was so recent.
Here’s their story: