Comments on: Dealing with Dial-Up http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/ Rebooting the workforce Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eric http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-313396 Eric Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:29:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-313396 Could you possibly run a physical wire set to your neighbor across the river (so you can power a dish) or maybe up the mountain (are there any towers on top of a nearby mountain that you have LoS to that are used for radio? could you lease space and put a 5.8 GHz ISM WAP up there along with some sort of sat link?)? Or, going a different route, maybe you could use one of those pieces of fibre and a network switch at each end, with the far end in a place with broadband access. Leave the far end on and just turn the near end on when you're running the generator/using it. Could you possibly run a physical wire set to your neighbor across the river (so you can power a dish) or maybe up the mountain (are there any towers on top of a nearby mountain that you have LoS to that are used for radio? could you lease space and put a 5.8 GHz ISM WAP up there along with some sort of sat link?)?
Or, going a different route, maybe you could use one of those pieces of fibre and a network switch at each end, with the far end in a place with broadband access. Leave the far end on and just turn the near end on when you’re running the generator/using it.

]]> By: ADSL and more - ADSL, News, alice, kpn, orange, broadband http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-68341 ADSL and more - ADSL, News, alice, kpn, orange, broadband Tue, 22 May 2007 20:26:44 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-68341 Great to see that this website is still here, and including some great postings. Thanx for letting me know and maybe you want to exchange links with me? http://voip.watdoenwijmet.nl/skype-zwarte-handleiding-2007/ With lovely greetings, Frank Great to see that this website is still here, and including some great postings. Thanx for letting me know and maybe you want to exchange links with me?

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With lovely greetings,
Frank

]]> By: globalstarsatellitephones http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-44075 globalstarsatellitephones Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:07:49 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-44075 I use dial up internet all the time while traveling! The service that I highly recommend called Maglobe, is a prepaid dial up service! No contract required, and works great anywhere in the world. I use dial up internet all the time while traveling! The service that I highly recommend called Maglobe, is a prepaid dial up service! No contract required, and works great anywhere in the world.

]]> By: Niles http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-41349 Niles Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:14:59 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-41349 <strong>Niles</strong> This is also a vital necessity of conference calling plan is Niles

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]]> By: Eber http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-450 Eber Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:22:36 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-450 Hello! Very good post.... here in Brazil people still use dial-up a lot... there already more that 30 million people using the net by (if i am not mistaken) only some 5% of this use broadband..... The good point is that broadband here is kinda cheap... i pay some 30 dolars for a 500 kbps connection... its cable from the tv company.... and at my office i use a ADSL connection which is 35 dolars for the same 500 kbps..... Thank God, i left dial-up in 2003, and would freak out if had to use it again.... Good Luck!! Eber Hello! Very good post…. here in Brazil people still use dial-up a lot… there already more that 30 million people using the net by (if i am not mistaken) only some 5% of this use broadband…..

The good point is that broadband here is kinda cheap… i pay some 30 dolars for a 500 kbps connection… its cable from the tv company…. and at my office i use a ADSL connection which is 35 dolars for the same 500 kbps…..

Thank God, i left dial-up in 2003, and would freak out if had to use it again….

Good Luck!!

Eber

]]> By: Anthony John http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-364 Anthony John Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:04:06 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-364 Well, don't forget to visit Wallace while you're there. And take a jacket...it gets cold early, since the mountains are so steep. The sun "goes down" in the middle of the afternoon. Have fun! Well, don’t forget to visit Wallace while you’re there.
And take a jacket…it gets cold early, since the mountains are so steep. The sun “goes down” in the middle of the afternoon.

Have fun!

]]> By: Jackson West http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-313 Jackson West Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:55:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-313 Yeah, my family has looked into the satellite option. Only problem is that we're in a valley at 1,500' above sea level and the mountains in our satellite sightline to the south peak at about 8,000' feet about sea level. My dad and I have sat down trying to figure out the geometry a million times, but our math always adds up to no satellite access (even the satellite phone would only stay locked on a bird for about ten to twenty minutes at a time). We even thought about negotiating roof rights with a friend across the valley, on the other side of the river, to place the dish and then bounce a directional wifi signal down to our place, bit with no access to the electricity grid, we'd either have to coordinate our generators or invest in a prohibitively expensive battery setup powered by solar. The people who set up the phone access told us they wired fiber (or at least conduits to support fiber) all the way up to town, but there are no consumer fiber providers in Washington State,and even DSL is impractical thanks to our distance from the switch. Sigh. Still, modem access and voice calls are better than nothing at all, any day! Yeah, my family has looked into the satellite option. Only problem is that we’re in a valley at 1,500′ above sea level and the mountains in our satellite sightline to the south peak at about 8,000′ feet about sea level. My dad and I have sat down trying to figure out the geometry a million times, but our math always adds up to no satellite access (even the satellite phone would only stay locked on a bird for about ten to twenty minutes at a time).

We even thought about negotiating roof rights with a friend across the valley, on the other side of the river, to place the dish and then bounce a directional wifi signal down to our place, bit with no access to the electricity grid, we’d either have to coordinate our generators or invest in a prohibitively expensive battery setup powered by solar.

The people who set up the phone access told us they wired fiber (or at least conduits to support fiber) all the way up to town, but there are no consumer fiber providers in Washington State,and even DSL is impractical thanks to our distance from the switch. Sigh. Still, modem access and voice calls are better than nothing at all, any day!

]]> By: Bear http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-312 Bear Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:58:38 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-312 I recommend Skweezer at http://www.skweezer.net . Go there, enter the URL of your choice and uncheck the box that says, "Show Images", and hit "SKWEEZE". Your selection pops up, all text is displayed and links are shown in standard blue. Save an unbelievable amount of time if you're cursed with dial-up. Also, if the browser on your phone sucks as badly as mine, I suggest going to the Opera browser site at http://www.opera.com and get Opera mini for your phone. They also offer Opera Mobile, but Opera Mini works fine and is free, whereas Opera Mobile is $29 bucks. More bells and whisles, but I don't use it often enough to require the extra stuff. Your choice. Opera mini is great for checking info on some websites, or reading your best friend's blog when you're sans laptop. OR...get a mobile satellite link/dish. I live wayyyyyy out in the country where the dial-up max speed is 14.4kbs and there is no such thing as DSL or cable. I have a satellite dish on my house and one on my motor home. When traveling, even in the boonies, I'm never without high speed broadband. I recommend Skweezer at http://www.skweezer.net . Go there, enter the URL of your choice and uncheck the box that says, “Show Images”, and hit “SKWEEZE”. Your selection pops up, all text is displayed and links are shown in standard blue. Save an unbelievable amount of time if you’re cursed with dial-up.

Also, if the browser on your phone sucks as badly as mine, I suggest going to the Opera browser site at http://www.opera.com and get Opera mini for your phone. They also offer Opera Mobile, but Opera Mini works fine and is free, whereas Opera Mobile is $29 bucks. More bells and whisles, but I don’t use it often enough to require the extra stuff. Your choice. Opera mini is great for checking info on some websites, or reading your best friend’s blog when you’re sans laptop.

OR…get a mobile satellite link/dish. I live wayyyyyy out in the country where the dial-up max speed is 14.4kbs and there is no such thing as DSL or cable. I have a satellite dish on my house and one on my motor home. When traveling, even in the boonies, I’m never without high speed broadband.

]]> By: Jackson West http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-306 Jackson West Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:50:40 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-306 Wow, that rabbit proxy actually sounds really useful, I'll definitely check it out. Wow, that rabbit proxy actually sounds really useful, I’ll definitely check it out.

]]> By: Nakul Malik http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-303 Nakul Malik Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:12:34 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-303 well, you could telnet to a box that already has lynx installed. OR you could use something like citrix to remotely access a box on a public ip. OR you might have to learn to love textmode after all. EXTREME CASE: pool a couple of external modems together for a multilink connection. well, you could telnet to a box that already has lynx installed.

OR

you could use something like citrix to remotely access a box on a public ip.

OR

you might have to learn to love textmode after all.

EXTREME CASE:

pool a couple of external modems together for a multilink connection.

]]> By: avramiz http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-302 avramiz Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:40:41 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-302 As long as you have phone service and at least GPRS, I’d say ditch the laptop entirely. I have been known to read and write blog entries using a Nokia 3510i, a Nokia 9500, or other similar handsets. Works fairly well for that, if you’re set up for it. Or, as the previous poster suggested, shut your laptop down and go outside. As long as you have phone service and at least GPRS, I’d say ditch the laptop entirely. I have been known to read and write blog entries using a Nokia 3510i, a Nokia 9500, or other similar handsets. Works fairly well for that, if you’re set up for it.

Or, as the previous poster suggested, shut your laptop down and go outside.

]]> By: LG http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-301 LG Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:44:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-301 Indispensible for times like these is Rabbit Proxy (http://http://www.khelekore.org/rabbit/). It works like those "dial up accelerator" services that ISPs sell, by compressing all your HTTP traffic: First by gzipping the HTML, and then by using ImageMagick to reduce the quality of the JPEGS on the page. I use it to reduce the amount of data I transfer on my extremely limited 200mb/month 3g Data plan, but it's great for dialup browing too, I'd estimate 40-50% faster browsing times. Turning off images isn't really viable these days, as so many sites require images to navigate them properly. LG Indispensible for times like these is Rabbit Proxy (http://http://www.khelekore.org/rabbit/). It works like those “dial up accelerator” services that ISPs sell, by compressing all your HTTP traffic: First by gzipping the HTML, and then by using ImageMagick to reduce the quality of the JPEGS on the page.

I use it to reduce the amount of data I transfer on my extremely limited 200mb/month 3g Data plan, but it’s great for dialup browing too, I’d estimate 40-50% faster browsing times. Turning off images isn’t really viable these days, as so many sites require images to navigate them properly.

LG

]]> By: Jackson West http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-294 Jackson West Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:00:01 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-294 Trust me, I'm not spending too much time on the laptop. One of the longest droughts in Washington just ended, and I'm waiting for the rain to replenish the river enough for the fish to start running again, not to mention all the mushrooms in the woods that'll appear. Charlie makes an interesting point. So many of the services which, back in 1995, would have been perfectly useful at dial-up speeds, now no longer exist or have 'upgraded' to the point where they're broadband-only. Most of the tips and tricks are really just things that used to be standard operating procedure back in, oh, 1999. Cell phones are a great way to check email, but responding can be kind of a pain. And up here in the mountains, it's just not an option. Guess I'll just have to go build a fire and crack open a book! Trust me, I’m not spending too much time on the laptop. One of the longest droughts in Washington just ended, and I’m waiting for the rain to replenish the river enough for the fish to start running again, not to mention all the mushrooms in the woods that’ll appear.

Charlie makes an interesting point. So many of the services which, back in 1995, would have been perfectly useful at dial-up speeds, now no longer exist or have ‘upgraded’ to the point where they’re broadband-only. Most of the tips and tricks are really just things that used to be standard operating procedure back in, oh, 1999.

Cell phones are a great way to check email, but responding can be kind of a pain. And up here in the mountains, it’s just not an option. Guess I’ll just have to go build a fire and crack open a book!

]]> By: Charlie Brook http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-293 Charlie Brook Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:29:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-293 Turn off the laptop... you guys aren’t helping the stereotype that all us home workers spend our time skiving of from real work ;-) Interesting how the old systems (The Well, BIX, CIX etc) that used to work at those speeds via some sort of command line interface have pretty much disappeared now. Makes me wonder if there are still places in the world where they could still make a viable business. Turn off the laptop… you guys aren’t helping the stereotype that all us home workers spend our time skiving of from real work ;-) Interesting how the old systems (The Well, BIX, CIX etc) that used to work at those speeds via some sort of command line interface have pretty much disappeared now. Makes me wonder if there are still places in the world where they could still make a viable business.

]]> By: Keith Kamisugi http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-291 Keith Kamisugi Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:22:33 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-291 On the few instances when I was forced to use dial-up and Outlook for POP3 mail, I changed my Send/Receive settings to "Download headers only" and then downloaded the complete item only for important messages. Speeds things up, especially when you get hundreds of emails a day. On the few instances when I was forced to use dial-up and Outlook for POP3 mail, I changed my Send/Receive settings to “Download headers only” and then downloaded the complete item only for important messages. Speeds things up, especially when you get hundreds of emails a day.

]]> By: PhoneBoy http://webworkerdaily.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-290 PhoneBoy Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:11:45 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.wordpress.com/2006/09/14/dealing-with-dial-up/#comment-290 As long as you have phone service and at least GPRS, I'd say ditch the laptop entirely. I have been known to read and write blog entries using a Nokia E70, a Nokia 9500, or other similar handsets. Works fairly well for that, if you're set up for it. Or, as the previous poster suggested, shut your laptop down and go outside. As long as you have phone service and at least GPRS, I’d say ditch the laptop entirely. I have been known to read and write blog entries using a Nokia E70, a Nokia 9500, or other similar handsets. Works fairly well for that, if you’re set up for it.

Or, as the previous poster suggested, shut your laptop down and go outside.

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