Primaltruck/Bill: Hello, my good man. Having had 'dial up' for a couple of years, prior, running at a whopping, download speed of 21.6kbps, I feel your pain. SIGH.

However, I now have broadband, 1 MB download speeds on a satellite dish (hughesnet) in the country.

It still is SLOW for me and many others on 'broadband'. Many instances, it says, "Waiting......" for 20-30 seconds and then moves. When it does move, it generally moves fairly well.

The problem is not a dial up one vs. a broadband one, specifically as I understand it? I DO agree, however, that those on 'dial up' experience it in even greater restrictions.

My best to you and yours, kind soul. PEACE. (hope your son is recovering well). T.P.