Top 10 Best Dial-up Internet Service Providers

Service is provided in rural areas as well.

It's so cool! It hardly ever breaks down. The best among all of these in my opinion.

We live out in the country in Arkansas, where the only internet access is either satellite or dial-up. We have heard satellite is "iffy" - when you're connected, it's good but not great. Plus, you're forced to sign a two-year contract when choosing satellite services.

Instead, we opted for dial-up and have been using Toast Net off and on for the past ten years. It's reliable. We do software updates with no problems as long as we use a reasonable download manager. As with any dial-up service, large files over 40 MB may take more than four to five hours to download.

Our landline costs nearly forty bucks a month, so one has to factor this fee into the total cost of dial-up service. That would be about fifty bucks a month, including the internet provider's monthly fee. One good thing is that you can pay monthly - no contract - and it's not a problem to cancel if needed.