[raverbashing]

You can usually get an Edge/2G connection, which is probably faster than dial-up.

[plorkyeran]

In practice it isn't signficantly. EDGE peaks at 384Kbps, but these days if EDGE is the only thing available you generally have a poor connection that gets you about half that before all the dropped packets that halve it again.

[mikeash]

Satellite internet can also be had for prices which aren't completely absurd.