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Community weekly poll: How do you connect to the Internet from home?
- 4/20/06 10:54 AM
Clearwire spotty service
by Literarytech - 1/28/08 9:09 AM In reply to: Ever hear of Clearwire by bnycastroI have tried Clearwire and it is questionable. The service becomes particularly spotty in the rain. The technician indicated this was a problem. It is up and down at my home and I live within blocks of two towers. Living this close to the two towers, I was surprised to receive only half strength signals. They want a considerable investment of time to troubleshoot. I was never on the phone for less than an hour except the time I didn't give them the time. Finally, they are deceptive about their service claiming it is broadband, but they do not support streaming media. I think you'd be better of with a 3G EDGE network via a teathered phone or PC card.
Cable Modem with Optimum Online
by Krain - 4/21/06 9:51 PM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
Very pleased with service. Very reliable and in rare instance of service problems, very good support.
cable modem
by roqman - 4/21/06 9:55 PM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
have adelphia cable modem its great no fuss no interference with phone can stay on all the time its super and fast cost effective
Qwest DSL
by bealsk - 4/21/06 10:21 PM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
With XP Pro SP2 the CNET bandwidth test registers over 1,600. With 98SE 400-600 is normal. Con: Stuck with MSN, and all their graphics for e-mail. Juno is now my primary e-mail account.
My Internet connection
by dan822 - 4/22/06 1:02 AM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
I connect thru a modem, had wireless for several years, love it but we built a house in the country and it isnt avaiable where we live.
My internet service provider is Internet Techonogies Inc, I am as happy with them as I could be with any dialup service
I use Verizon's FIOS service and it Rocks
by ashish7522 - 4/22/06 7:55 AM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
When Verizon brings FIOS fiber service to your neighborhood, BUY IT. I have a lot of experience managing networks in the corporate world and I've had some real bad connections at home but this has been the best yet. One connection brings dial tone, cable and Internet with an 18 hour battery backup included. The bandwidth in incredible with the only choke point the Internet itself or the site you are browsing.
(NT) Dial-up -- CEInternet - Australia - Fantastic!!!!
by duzlots - 4/22/06 8:15 AM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
Connection
by swathingscientist - 4/22/06 8:55 AM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
I presently use the DSL Modem to connect to Internet.Configured so that computer is "Always On".Never have to click anything,soon as computer is booted,is on line immediately 24/7.
My ISP is Msn and use their Msn Explorer Premium Service which has it's own built in email client.Can't STAND Outlook Express,no longer on system.
There are no updates to worry about as there are with Windows/IE and in the 3 years I've had this,there have been no attacks,viruses etc.
Any time there is an update or an upgrade,this is done automatically without one even knowing it's happening.Browser is reasonably excellant except that Msn search is about -1 on a scale of 1 to 10.Thus,I pull up the IE and use either Google or Windows Live search.
How do you connect to Internet from home?
by motobreath - 4/22/06 10:48 AM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
We have a satelite connection with DirecWay/Hughes.net We use it at home forming a network of four computers. The type of satelite service pack is with a DW6000. Totally no trouble to use at all. It is up graded from the server. Never any problems, unless bad weather.
We are truly blessed, no other broadband service is available where we live. Dial Up was out of the question for four computers.
duc-56k modem, isp = hal-pc.org
by skydancr - 4/22/06 11:00 AM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
hal is our local [Houston] pc users league [club].
The isp service is cheap, but their user help is not
good. My previous computer they could never get the modem to work and I got a new computer.Now xp it works fine.
Satellite
by **DX** - 4/22/06 12:09 PM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
I live in a remote area where there are few options and I lived with dial up for a long time. I finally got a StarBand satellite and I can live with the speeds but I am unhappy that there are such strict limitations on bandwidth usage that I can't really enjoy a lot of the things that you expect to when using higher connection speeds.
What broadband limitations?
by subyz - 4/25/06 7:04 PM In reply to: Satellite by **DX**We just today signed up for HughesNet (old DirectPC?) and don't know just what we are getting in to but we figured we could eliminate our s-l-o-w dial-up service without a huge outlay of cash after we subtract the cost of our housephone ($30) and ISP service ($20). We are now curious about what 'limitations' you're talking about? Hughes claims, BTW, that one would upload at 128 kps but download at 700kps. Does that sound right in your experience?
Hughesnet Sucks
by absalom000 - 7/3/06 10:21 PM In reply to: What broadband limitations? by subyzThey are lying about your upload and download speeds.
No one has ever experienced anything of the sort.
Download speeds in the evening and at night are usually 0.?? kbs
Completely useless. Dial up is faster.
Hughesnet only cares about the 9-5 world.
They can rip off more people if they shut the system down after supper till the next morning.
It is NOT 24 hrs. per day.
There are more "suspected satellite outages" than connections.
It is impossible to keep your job if you work at night.
How do you connect to the Internet from home?
by Мартай - 4/22/06 12:34 PM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by Marc Bennett
Cable - Time Warner (NC) provides the service which I must say is much better than the DSL than I had last year. The price is reasonable, but is bundled with cable TV and telephone for about $125. It was quicker when I first signed up, but seems to slow down a little each month. Maybe someone can tell me why. I run both Microsoft Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Certain programs run better on one or the other, so I bounce back and forth.
Hi, dckvegas, replying to your post
by morninglory - 4/22/06 2:00 PM In reply to: How do you connect to the Internet from home? by МартайI too am in NC, have rr thru TimeWarner cable. My speed seems to depend on how many people are accessing a particular website and the time of day. i.e. I tried to access the NC Dept. of Revenue on 4/17/06 & never did get through; I figured there were 1,000's of people also trying that site. I am very happy with rr; I can't get DSL where I live and from what I am reading on here I am probably better off with cable. My cable TV + internet is $80.00 per month. I don't use their phone service as I want to keep my landline phone in case of a power failure.
Betsy
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