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  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    That is NOT an update - that is the FULL 4Gb+ Windows installation file !!
    'tis the way of Windows 10.
    Every few months the 'update' consists of a whole new version, and I suspect you have to go with it, because I believe updates will eventually stop for older versions of Windows 10 if you don't keep with the programme.
    (I believe in a couple of months' time for the original Windows 10.)
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    In 2013 - 3% of users of the internet - still used dial up

    How many of them do you think are running Windows 10?!
  • 50Twuncle
    50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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    almillar wrote: »
    How many of them do you think are running Windows 10?!
    I would guess- somewhere between zero and 2 million !!
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    edited 8 February 2017 at 10:38AM
    bluesnake wrote: »
    That is for the usa. BT turned off their modem service in 2013.
    http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-23877364
    I wondered if you could still get dial up and it seems you can - http://freeola.com/dial-up-internet/

    I'm guessing they survive on BT's failure to provide ADSL everywhere but having to provide phones although this one emphasises anonymity so maybe there is more to it ???
    http://www.myfreeisp.co.uk/

    IMO dial up was hardly worth using although I did have Compuserve through a company I was working with at the time it was so frustrating that I didn't bother much.
  • 50Twuncle
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    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    I wondered if you could still get dial up and it seems you can - http://freeola.com/dial-up-internet/

    I'm guessing they survive on BT's failure to provide ADSL everywhere but having to provide phones although this one emphasises anonymity so maybe there is more to it ???
    http://www.myfreeisp.co.uk/

    IMO dial up was hardly worth using although I did have Compuserve through a company I was working with at the time it was so frustrating that I didn't bother much.
    There are a whole lot of free ISPs on http://www.freebeez.co.uk/access.html
    No idea how many are still going today ?
    I remember using btopenworld in about 1998 and others such as Madasafish and finally Freeserve after this ...
    Freeserve (eventually) became TT
  • almillar
    almillar Posts: 8,621 Forumite
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    I would guess- somewhere between zero and 2 million !!

    I would guess it's closer to zero.
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