Hi brickboo,

DSL will be faster than dial-up.

Cable or Broadband , well be even faster.

I used to have just dial-up , and selling on eBay and up-loading pic`s was a pain , but like you , my old iMac was not able to handle broadband speed.

I bought a new Mac , and now have broadband service . and it screams as far as speed.

I had to down load a 350 + MB download and thought it would take a few hours , instead it was a few minutes !!

However , they are charging way to much for the service , I know I`m cheap !!
But hey , all your doing is tapping into a server , I mean you are not really seeing anything tangible , it is just a service.

I would find it very hard to go back to dial up !!

Good luck !
Gary 