Why do so many people in America still use old ways like dialing up to the internet?
Why do so many people in America still use old ways like dialing up to the internet?
People who feel they shouldn't move around much, people who worry that phones could hurt their bodies just like they do for allergies or sickness from the internet.
Using a landline isn't about using dial-up. It's just getting smaller and smaller. Most of my colleagues probably don't have one anymore, so around 5 to 10% of them still do.
I don't think it's 3% of people, but rather that only 3% of the connections are on dialup. I know of several alarm systems and Out Of Band (OOB) access systems that use a dial-up terminal as a fail safe. Ten years ago I was working on a very sophisticated network system, one of out connections was a 64K serial line that itself was encapsulating a 9600 baud serial connection off the back of a RS232 port. The powers that be simply did not want to go through the effort to convert that working system into something based around TCP/IP instead of a serial feed. These are just examples of things that would use "internet" but not be something the consumer might even think about.
You didn't actually check the original post. Just looked at the headline and assumed you understood what happened inside. LOL I'm not making those claims, and having your own landline number isn't even connected to that 3% stat.
Yeah, I get it too. Those old phone numbers just talked about something else kind of related today's tech, which is mostly out of date but they still use it. No need for a big fuss.