With AOL stepping back from the dialup market in the US, what’s left?

In most areas, there are local phone companies and other local companies offering dialup services. You might be interested in them for multiple reasons, including supporting your local businesses. Some even have arrangements to use the large dialup networks that the large ISP’s use, too.

One local ISP in my area seems intent on raising its dialup prices until they drive off their customers. Strangely, it’s the same phone company that sells DSL service to most of Baton Rouge, so they aren’t endearing themselves to their potential DSL clients. Bellsouth obviously has some really bright marketing people, or some really clueless ones, since they think this will work…

Personally, I like a free 10-hours per month dialup account from NetZero — it’s a good, cheap backup for my cable Internet access. Plus, it comes in handy when I travel, too.