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   John McCue to Rich   
   Re: Bye-Bye Dialup USA   
   14 Aug 25 13:24:38   
   
   From: jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid   
      
   Rich  wrote:   
   > Retrograde  wrote:   
      
   >> There are other dial-up providers beside AOL.   
      
      
   Yes, there are alternatives, some are probably better   
   than AOL.   
      
   > Indeed.  Testing "cnn.com" just now   
      
   > Browsing that, over 56k dialup, would be a very slow endeavor.   
      
   At least CNN provides an alternative:   
      https://lite.cnn.com/   
   I go there a lot via lynx.  Plus there is this:   
      https://sjmulder.nl/en/textonly.html   
      
      
      
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