{"id":116,"date":"2008-01-26T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-26T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zofxare.com\/zofxare\/blog\/2008\/01\/26\/toast-net-vs-netzero\/"},"modified":"2008-01-26T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-26T15:47:00","slug":"toast-net-vs-netzero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zofxare.com\/zofxare\/blog\/2008\/01\/26\/toast-net-vs-netzero\/","title":{"rendered":"Toast.net vs. Netzero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I live in a rural area, so I&#8217;m stuck with dial up. For over 3 years I&#8217;ve used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netzero.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netzero 3G Highspeed<\/a>. Worked good, but I decided to look into other dial up isp&#8217;s to see if I could get a better speed. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toast.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toast.net<\/a> had good reviews, so I gave them a try. I really like them. Their accelerator works much faster than Netzero&#8217;s. If I was loading a couple different web pages and one had video or audio, Netzero would sometimes slow down or the accelerator would suddenly become unavailable. It got annoying after a while. Toast.net&#8217;s accelerator must work differently because I have no problems loading multiple pages when one has audio or video. For dial up, web pages load very quickly. <br \/>With Toast.net, you have to make sure you disconnect from the internet when you&#8217;re not using it though. They automatically disconnect you after 4 hours, but if you automatically keep reconnecting for most of the day, they will put your account on hold, so you can&#8217;t login anymore until you contact them. That happened to me the other day. I like to leave my internet connected all the time. My account was flagged for excessive usage &#038; I couldn&#8217;t log in. I called them &#038; they reactivated it as long as I disconnect when not in use. I don&#8217;t like it, but I was thinking, maybe that is why their connection is so fast. They keep an eye on people&#8217;s usage &#038; make you disconnect when you&#8217;re not using it, but that does free things up. I guess I can live with disconnecting in exchange for the faster speed.<br \/>BTW, I tried cancelling my Netzero service and they gave me 3 free months. After that, monthly payments are $6.95. Pretty good deal, so I&#8217;m keeping it as my backup ISP.<br \/>Toast.net is $9.95 a month. If you pay annually it is $7.95 a month. Toast.net does have a dedicated plan where you get disconnected after 8 hours, but it is $39.95. A bit steep for dial up.<br \/>If you need to call Toast.net for support, it is free. Netzero charges $1.95 per minute. 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