Giving up broadband would be the second last thing I would do, with the last being food of course! There are so many other ways to save money though, like taking public transport and walking more. And internet can save on other bills like phone and postage since its quick and easy to keep in touch with people anywhere.

Agreed, a quick search on Whirlpool tells me I could get 5g downloads, shaped so no excess fees, at 256kbps, for $30 a month if you don't mind a long contract and a 'lower' reputation ISP. Trade your V6 for a small 4 cylinder car and you'll save that much a month. Get a VOIP account (or even better, see if you can get a naked DSL plan) and you almost entirely wipe out your phone bill.

But go back to dial up??? That would be desperate.

There are just so many other ways to save money. And when you think about it, going back to dial up internet will only save you around $50 a month (or $12.50/week). But the extra waiting time, and more importantly the dial up costs associated with connecting to the net will rack up a pretty large bill if you aren't careful.

The whole reason we switched to broadband was because we had to keep connecting to the net so frequently that the call costs almost added up to a monthly payment for broadband!