After having dial-up for about 10 or so years of my life, we finally tried to get cable.
Too bad we lived in a horrible neighbourhood, and our "lines were too old to put the cable internet on," so we had to wait until they changed them to get it. So we were put on a list.
The bottom of the list
. Then my brother got a job at that cable company, and put our street at the top of the list (bwa ha ha)
Anyways, it took about 10 minutes to set up (since my brother could troubleshoot it himself), but our first modem was one-way (cable download, dial up upload).
Now, we have two way and it's sweet.