I would be happy to just get a true 1 mb/s. I live in a rural area, and other than dial-up, the only option I have is WiFi to an access point that is overloaded. Everybody in the area uses it, and on a Saturday afternoon and evening, it is not much better than 56k dial-up.

I am still running some DOS based programs. If they work for what you need, why upgrade. MYM9 still keeps track of my checking accounts without any problems.

How many programmers today have ever programmed Cobol, and used punch cards. That is how I started out.

I recently retired from a company after doing industrial programming on their machinery for almost 30 years. The company had a laptop for the department I was in, to use out on the production floor, for programming and trouble shooting. I could not take that laptop home because the other work shifts might need it for troubleshooting. So, I bought my own a few years ago, and used it at work. Just prior to my retirement, they called me into the office, and ask if I would be a consultant to them. It would save them from having to hire a replacement. I told them yes, but I would not have the software needed to do the programming as it was licensed to them. They in turn bought me the programming suite needed, and licensed it to me. In return, I am their "off site" storage of the programs that run their machinery, and I make good money when they call me in to help.

This is the problem with software. They try and try to add more functionality to it, that 90% of the users do not use. This creates more and more chances for security flaws, and makes the software very bloated. How many users actually want to run their version of a browser, as a server. Leave those things as add-ons, and the person that wants them can "add" them.

I have been using a WiFi ISP for about 5 years now. And I am over 5 miles from the AP. A flat panel antenna with the tranceiver at the antenna. Cat 5e from the antenna to a router in the house. The antenna is transparent to me. They offer me T-1 if I want to pay for it.