I have the standard DSL service now but, I am trying to get the wireless service and to my amazment, they want more money for wireless service! Why? Are they money hungry? Could it be the American greed?
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Depending on what 'flavor' of wireless service you mean. In general, wireless is more expensive because it is a newer technology and generally a bit more difficult to set up. In due time (on the account of years; possibly a decade or more) the price will drop. However, in that time a newer wireless technology will emerge and bring the price back up.\n\nIf you are simply talking about making your own home network with a WiFi router then disregaurd.
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Cable Internet service IS a type of 'broadband'.\n\nContact your Cable provider for Internet service.\n\nThere are MANY areas of the country, and the cities around where I live that cannot receive DSL due to the distance from a phone exchange.  Some phone companies are starting to put 'repeating' stations up in order to extend their DSL coverage area.\n\nthe cable service is FAR better in my area.
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No dsl, no satellite.... what about cable? Cable's pretty affordable now, might want to check and see if it's available. Other that that, well... you can see what places in your area have free wifi hotspots that you could use. But that doesn't help you at home.
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what is it about?\n\nI would definately try it but I don't have dsl,so I guess i'm screwed.
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go for the 29.95 plan on VZ DSL, if you want fast internet like cable... it doesn't slow down, it is da bomb... Plus they are coming out with fiber optics which is cheaper than cable and way faster than anything
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I had the same problem with DSL.  Dial-up was acting strange too.  The phone company was pointing fingers at the ISP.  The ISP was pointing fingers at the phone company.  If cable Internet is available and you can afford it, do it!  It will solve your problem and has superior performance.\n\nChances are if you changed it ISPs, they are using the same equipment in the central office as was used with the original ISP; so changing ISPs probably could not have solved your problem.  If you go to DSL it might even get worse.\n\nIf the telephone company is unable to help you, and you probably won't be able to fix your dial up.  Cable Internet is your best bet.
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Sounds like poor phone line quality.  Doesn't matter what ISP you use, if your phone line is crap, you won't get very good service.  Every think of DSL or Cable ISP?
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Look at some of the DSL providers (phone companies) in your area and give them a call for some prices, I know verizon is like 14.95, or 17.95. it one of those. Cable is going to be more expensive and 60 dollars a month...
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why would you go through all that trouble instead of just upgrading the service your boradband offers. Frankly it'd be cheaper to...say pay i think 30 bucks a month more for roadrunner's 5.0 Mbs-8.0 Mbs plan.
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I gave up on them in the end and went with Tiscali. They messed me about so much.  I spent ages on the phone with them and bt trying to sort it out and in the end they just cant provide what they say they can. They got me to cancel my existing broadband provider and then had to wait ages to get some marker removed off my phone line.  After all that they said they couldn't provide the service I wanted although they had previously said i could.  Instead I would have to pay for the expensive package (15.99 package) instead.  It really messed things up as if i went back to my old provider i would have to do another 12 month contract.  I found them to be completely incompetent.  I'd go elsewhere if i were you.
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I don't know where you are getting your info that the 411 is free as it is not anywhere I have seen these days.  Cost a minimum of 50 cents for getting a number.  and yes it is legal for them to do what they want with it as it is them that own the company and they have the option of making the rules they want their customers to live with as long as it goes along with the FCC rules.  If I own a business and want to charge you a dollar for any information on what the price of the item you want to buy is, i ahve that right as long as it is not against the law to do it, which it is not.  Now if I am the only one you can get the item from, you will pay it or just not get it and no law has been broken.  Is it fair?  NO but life isn't fair now is it?  Just have to learn to live with it or get another provider.
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come to georgia and buy Bellsouth 6 megabyte dsl for like 50 bucks :D lol thats what i do....also, i think you have spyware if it takes you quite a while to load the page...
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DSL is obtained through the phone company. It uses your existing phone line and you can talk on the phone and be on the internet at the same time. The quality of your DSL connection is dependent on how far your house is from the phone company's Central Office (CO). Usually they send you a kit in the mail to hook up the DSL yourself.\n\nCable comes in over your existing cable TV lines. It tends to be faster than the average home DSL connection but also can cost a little more. This obviously also allows you to be on the phone at the same time since you do not use a phone line. Cable internet speeds can be effected by how many users in your area use it but normally you will be very happy with the speed. The cable company will come out and install the hardware for you in most cases.\n\nBoth services require equipment which you will get when you order the service. Personally I use cable because I like the speed and I hate dealing with Verizon.\n\nBoth services run from around $30 to $45 per month.
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Ok, the best thing I know is Verizon Wireless "Across The Globe Service" as they call it, but it's big money and also is rumored to not work well. And besides, don't people in the army get internet for free to send email? I know tons of people in Iraq who I email. I don't know how they get the emai, but don't worry, if they get it, so will you.
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We get this too and we think it's our ISP who promised us free broadband for life and then told us when we had signed up that we could never get free broadband at any time because our exchange is not one that BT will allow them to put their equipment in EVER - so we pay £10 a month for broadband 8mg but only get almost 1mg.  No guessing the ISP!\n\nDon't quote fair trading, I'm onto it the right route, first through OFTEL for free advice etc.\n\nAlso the band width you are sharing with another 49 [I am told] may be overloaded if all 50 of you are on broadband at the same time.\n\nHope you get fixed!
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There's really no secret to it.  They'll give you the updated deal if you just ask.  Tell them you heard about the new deal and you'd like to switch to that plan instead.  I did it several times with no issue.  However, you won't be able to cancel your phone line.  That's required to have DSL when with AT&T.  There's no way around that one.  Also, you may not even be able to get the higher speed because it's dependent on how far you are from one of their hubs.\n\nIn the end (since you have to have a phone line and slower speeds) I switched back to cable.  It's far faster and the prices are really close to the same.
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BellSouth has a $25/mo plan. It is 256/128. I have that at my office and it is more than adequite. If you notice most sites only let you download at 150kbs to 350kbs. Unless you are running several computer or updating computers while trying to surf the net you will not notice the difference. \ni did a major security update for a customer today, AVG, Spybot, SpywareGuard, SpyBlaster, Defender, and SyGate and they never topped 300kbs and that was with Cox Cable at my home. 6Mb&#92;768kbs. Tell BellSouth you want to downgrade to the DSL Lite package. They do not care. \nFYI Cox offers a similar package of 256kbs/256kbs for $25/mo