Should You Ditch Your Dial Up?Of the estimated 14.3 million UK households with an internet connection, 69 per cent now have broadband connections – but if you’re in that last 31 per cent that are still holding on to their trusty old dial up could it finally be time to upgrade?We have put together a list of reasons to keep dial up, and a list of why, with dial up figures falling almost 35 per cent last year, nike air max 2013 it’s time you ditched the aging technology and moved on up to broadband. Reasons to keep dial up: Moving on is easyWith no minimum contract term, pay as you go dial up customers get the reassurance of being able to switch to a new provider whenever they want, unlike broadband subscribers who usually have to sign up for a year. This means that if you’re unhappy with your service you can simply leave, with no need to get a MAC code, making it more flexible than broadband.Pay for what you useUsing a pay by the minute service, you get instant internet access using a free sign-up CD. There is no registration process and no monthly fee. This also means, that unlikea cable broadband connection, you don’t need an engineer to visit your home.A number of providers offer a pay-as-you-go service, and costs vary, but both Toucan and BT charges start from 1p a minute. BT charge a 3p set-up fee (there is no set-up fee when using ToucanTalk)is an assortment of different packages available, from the metered pay-as-you service to monthly packages ranging from free evening and weekend usage to the more expensive unlimited deals.AOL currently offer a month’s free trail on their Anytime dial up (£15.99 a month thereafter). With no minimum contract, you could, in theory, just switch away when your free time is upCustomer serviceSince you just need to plug in your phone line, you are less likely to experience the problems that many broadband customers have encountered. However, if you do have problems, you could find it difficult to solve them, as you would need to disconnect your dial up to call customer services.6. It's portableIf you have a fixed dial up account, you can take it with you wherever you go. If you move house you won’t experience a break in connection. Or even if you just want to Nike Air Max tn use your laptop at a friend’s house, you can Nike Air Max 2012 just plug it into a phone line and surf.Reasons to ditch dial up:While the benefits of dial up seem quite appealing on paper, there are Nike Air Max bw still many reasons to go broadband.1. SpeedGetting a broadband connection will increase your internet speed by up to 10 times. Even though the published dial up speed is 56k, the reality is only about 35k, so you would definitely notice the difference in switching to broadband.efficiency