There’s not a lot in between dialup and cablemodem/ADSL. One is 2-way satellite, like Starband, but it’s expensive on the North American continent, and the latency will drive you mad… with the double 33,000-mile signal path to a geostationary bird.
ISDN/IDSL is a bit pricey, and limited to 64-144kb/sec but is consistently at that rate. Some less-populated communities in the western US have within-a-few-miles ”802.11” {radio} service, but it seems expensive, and only a little better than dialup speedwise.
