Peter R. wrote:

Verizon DSL just dropped their ~760 KB/sec download speed to
$14.95/month. For those dial-up customers, including the fake
MW out of the Virginia/DC metro area, who live in a DSL-served
area, there is now no excuse to remain with dial up.

I wish for a day that I don't see spam with Verizon routing in it...

Its like having our own bit of China/Korea/Japan/Brazil/Nigeria right
here at home...