With dial up use plummeting the costs to maintain dial up centers are rising.
To reverse this trend, tell everyone you can to stick to or switch to dialup.
Bob
AT&T will jack up its rates for dial-up Internet access by as much as 60 percent today, going well above the price of faster DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) in many cases. Some rates for dial-up Internet access will be higher than broadband fees, to push customers to switch.
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