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Originally Posted by ubertuber
I've heard that explanation offered several times too... I wonder how much of it is true though - I mean college students are probably wired at home nearly as much as they are at school.
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Not always. The first few summers I went home from college my computer only got used for playing games, because Mom and Dad only had dial-up. Then they got cable internet, but then they didn't have a router, and Dad wanted the Internet on his computer and not mine. Furthermore, I was working 40+ hours a week--that doesn't leave a lot of time for TFP, and that has happened every summer but this one and last summer (last summer I was in class or studying 40+ hours a week).
I know a LOT of people whose parents haven't moved beyond dial-up as far as ISPs go, and TFP isn't exactly dial-up friendly, either.