connections

[inkleputDEL]

Is there a high speed connection available yet that will fit a poor man's
budget?

CenturyTel wants to sell me a "high speed" dial-up connection ($12.95),
but I've already learned it's merely a compression scheme that won't gain
much, if anything, transferring previously compressed files. That would
be essentially useless given that video bearing sites are the primary
reason I'd move beyond dial-up. Unless I'm mistaken?

There's a local company planning a fully fiber network in competition with
local cable and others, but the cable company is slowing them down as much
as possible seeking court injunctions, etc. Could be 5 years or more.

Is anyone's cable reasonable yet? I go Googling and find more confusion
than help.

JimL

 

[DL]

Not only are you posting to a winxp group, but you are also posting to the
www ('world' wide web)
What is cheap in my area is not avilable to your area

 

[inkleputDEL]

Not only are you posting to a winxp group, but you are also posting to
the www ('world' wide web)

Sorry to have damaged your equilibrium so severely, I certainly don't want
any excess information getting out. Exactly which news group deals only
in people who have a handle on lots of ISP services?

(If I ever have a chance to get winxp I'll do so immediately [as if I
don't already use it])

JimL

 

[Unknown]

Do a google search for century tel dsl. See the various plans they have and
you can check on availability there.
Any other phone comp. in your area?

 

[Marshall Price]

Do a google search for century tel dsl. See the various plans they have and
you can check on availability there.
Any other phone comp. in your area?

Is there a high speed connection available yet that will fit a poor man's
budget?

CenturyTel wants to sell me a "high speed" dial-up connection ($12.95),
but I've already learned it's merely a compression scheme that won't gain
much, if anything, transferring previously compressed files. That would
be essentially useless given that video bearing sites are the primary
reason I'd move beyond dial-up. Unless I'm mistaken?

There's a local company planning a fully fiber network in competition with
local cable and others, but the cable company is slowing them down as much
as possible seeking court injunctions, etc. Could be 5 years or more.

Is anyone's cable reasonable yet? I go Googling and find more confusion
than help.

JimL

I Googled "Century tel dsl" and saw "As low as $89.99!" That doesn't
sound low to me; is it?

 

[WaIIy]

Do a google search for century tel dsl. See the various plans they have and
you can check on availability there.
Any other phone comp. in your area?

I Googled "Century tel dsl" and saw "As low as $89.99!" That doesn't
sound low to me; is it?

I have CenturyTel DSL (1500) in a Cleveland suburb and it rocks.

I've had it for three months and it's been perfect and also as fast as
rated. Very consistent.

The Westell modem is a router, too. If you hook up an external router,
you have to do some fiddling around to get it to work.

$43.15 total. 12 month $10.00 off for a total of about $33.00

I can't believe I kept dialup for 12 years.

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Sorry to have damaged your equilibrium so severely, I certainly don't want
any excess information getting out.

Many people get upset and yell and swear instead of saying sorry.

The question is innapropriate for this newsgroup. If you knew that then you
were rude for posting the question. If you did not know that then you were
being informed it was an innappropriate question, and the communication was
reasonable. If it was an innocent mistake, then just say sorry.

 

[Unknown]

You only looked at one? Or are you saying that is all that's available in
your area?

 

[Unknown]

Apparently what you saw was a combo package of digital tv, dsl, and
unlimited phone calls.

 

[Marshall Price]

I have CenturyTel DSL (1500) in a Cleveland suburb and it rocks.

I've had it for three months and it's been perfect and also as fast as
rated. Very consistent.

The Westell modem is a router, too. If you hook up an external router,
you have to do some fiddling around to get it to work.

$43.15 total. 12 month $10.00 off for a total of about $33.00

I can't believe I kept dialup for 12 years.

Is that the 256 Kbps plan?

 

[Marshall Price]

You only looked at one? Or are you saying that is all that's available in
your area?

I just found that on the first page that showed up; it's for a "bundle."

Now I see they're advertising a 256-Kbps dsl service for $20/month for
the first year. That's more like it!

Here in Miami, Florida, our only choice is AT&T, and I just can't afford
it at all. :-(


P.S. I'm hoping our next president will usher in the the Internet
super-highway. This one seems more intent on pleasing profit-making
corporations than the nation as a whole, an approach which will hurt
everybody in the long run.

 

[Unknown]

What are you paying for dialup? Recheck ATT's cost.

 

[Marshall Price]

I'm on a tight budget, but fortunately, I don't know what I'm missing.
I'd just as soon see nothing but text anyway.

I'm paying $10 a month for Earthlink. Access4less was only $6 a month,
but they folded. Before that, I used a library freenet running lynx,
pine, and tin on a unix computer. Boy, those were the days!