I know how you feel. I was saved two years ago, and I have never looked back! Although I do miss those sweet little melodies that my modem used to play for me (except when they ended with beep-beep-beep-beep).
I use and sell cable access and it is by far better than dial up. Just last night, over 5 hours I downloaded all of the Salome outtakes from an FTP site. yay!