Dial Up Modem Speed and Sounds Early Internet

About Dial Up Connection

Internet access was limited to the PC you were sitting at, and things like streaming media and smartphones didn't exist, so there was no overall household demand.

How fast was it?

And even if streaming had existed, you'd have been out of luck actually using it. Dial-up modems maxed out at 56 Kbps. To put that in modern broadband terms, 56 Kbps is 0.056 Mbps.

Current Dial Up

Dial-up internet usage has been below 1% since sometime in 2015.
These dial-up subscribers use one of the few remaining national dial-up providers, such as Net Zero or Juno, or one of the smaller regional providers that still offers dial-up
NetZero and Juno are still going strong in the dial-up internet space after nearly thirty years.

Dial Up Cost and Constrains

In 1995, for example, the subscription fee for America Online (AOL) was $9.95 for five hours a month and $2.95 for each additional hour.

Speeds Broadband Provided

By comparison, the FCC defines broadband as at least 25 Mbps---over 400 times faster than dialup.

Timeline

In 2000, dial-up internet adoption was around 34%
Rising to 41% in 2001
By 2013, dial-up internet accounted for only around 3% of Internet Users

Currently

Most Americans now connect to the internet using broadband delivered by Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), cable, or fiber!

​https://www.howtogeek.com/890520/how-many-people-in-the-us-are-still-using-dial-up-internet/

Rural Options

The gap in rural broadband internet coverage has instead been partially filled by a combination of satellite internet and cellular network deployments. Roughly 8 million households use some form of satellite internet. And cellular expansion initiatives have made wireless internet more accessible.