High Speed Dial Up

ylexot

ylexot

Super Genius
BottleBlonde said:
and about the Verizon access card....can you use that with a desk top or only a laptop?
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You can do it through a BroadbandAccess-capable phone with a USB cable. You're not supposed to do that, but you can :wink:
 
Mikeinsmd

Mikeinsmd

New Member
BottleBlonde said:
I currently have Earthlink Dial up for $22 bucks a month, and was wondering if anyone could offer any suggestions on a comparable high-speed dial up isp for a lower price per month?

What does everyone think of Netzero? I did the search and saw a few reviews, but nothing too recent, so I'm also wondering if the ISP has improved any....

PS---I live in the boonies, so dsl/broadband/cable isn't available, and I can't afford to shell out the $100 a month for the satellite internet.

Thank in Advance! :howdy:
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Do you not have cable?
 
happyappygirl

happyappygirl

Rocky Mountain High!!
HughesNet High Speed internet question

Do ya'll turn your computers off? They guy says the modem doesn't need to be turned off, HughesNet has it's own firewalls. Is that true? My inclination is to turn the computer off every night.
 
Katt

Katt

Active Member
happyappygirl said:
Do ya'll turn your computers off? They guy says the modem doesn't need to be turned off, HughesNet has it's own firewalls. Is that true? My inclination is to turn the computer off every night.
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I have hughes.net and yeah, they have their own firewall. I turn off my computers at night just to be on a safer side. I think most of the ppl aim trouble at "always connected" computers, try their stuff at night when no one is watching. Plus, it lets my laptop and desktop 'chill out'. I like hughes, though on nights like tonight, it's slower with more ppl on the satelite, just like any other bandwidth sharing problems. typical connection speed during the daytime hours are 800 to 1.2 which is comparable to DSL, for those of us not able to get DSL. I used to have dial up at the miserable speed of 26.4 at the highest!
 
happyappygirl

happyappygirl

Rocky Mountain High!!
Katt said:
I have hughes.net and yeah, they have their own firewall. I turn off my computers at night just to be on a safer side. I think most of the ppl aim trouble at "always connected" computers, try their stuff at night when no one is watching. Plus, it lets my laptop and desktop 'chill out'. I like hughes, though on nights like tonight, it's slower with more ppl on the satelite, just like any other bandwidth sharing problems. typical connection speed during the daytime hours are 800 to 1.2 which is comparable to DSL, for those of us not able to get DSL. I used to have dial up at the miserable speed of 26.4 at the highest!
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problem with that thought process (hackers aiming only at night) is it's night at different times around theworld :lol:

I'm going to get my firewall back up and operational.
 
Katt

Katt

Active Member
Oh, if you decide to get satelite internet..whatever company you go with, I'd suggest NOT letting them sell you the "included" installation on the rooftop. It will cost more to plant the pole in the ground but much more worth it. Our weather here in MD is too windy and snowy to have your dish up on a roof. I've had to go out and brush off the snow on my dish to recieve a signal on a snowday. If it had been up on the roof, it might have had to melt off! No kidding. AND... if you do have it already mounted, Hughes' will charge you upwards of 300 dollars to "remove" installed dish to re install it on the ground and then charge you for that installation too! (advice from a hughes technician)
 
Katt

Katt

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regardless of whatever you are using... dial up is a dog and dsl is very limited. If it comes in my neighborhood, and my service contract is up with hughes, I'd probably go over to DSL. If nothing else, it's cheaper!
 
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