internet access

[aventurine]

i've had it with dial-up. it's free, and it used to be somewhat reliable, but it's gone steadily downhill. i get booted every 10 minutes and the other day it actually had the nerve to connect at 9.6. so, anyone have any high-speed providers they can recommend?

tomorrow's the first day of school. bah.

Comments

[dilatedeyes]

adelphia(not sure if you're in adelphia's area or not) is having a deal, 6 months of cable internet for $29.99/mo. that includes a $2/mo cable modem rental fee. i think it goes up to $42.99/mo after the 6 months is up, but you *don't* have to sign a contract, and could cancel in 6 months and go with another company. perhaps the phone company would come out and fix your lines if you complained, then in 6 months you could get the dsl deal for $26.99/mo(or whatever it's down to by then.. last i priced sbc/yahoo, it was $26.99/mo). or maybe one of your tech-savvy friends would be nice and offer to come out and rewire your house's phone lines for you. my uncle installed a phone line at my house, but it works for shit, otherwise i'd have him come over.

kelly just got an adelphia cable modem installed at her house, they did not charge her the installation fee. most places will waive it if you complain or start to back out of the deal over the fee. we went to adelphia's office and they just waived it without us having to say anything. their office is by holy cross cemetary, on w.160th and brookpark. they might also have a deal with the cable tv, if you didn't care about losing your satellite tv, that might make it cheaper.

[whtyger97]

I'd go with Adelphia now while they are running the special and look to switch afterward. Do you sbc for you phone service or some other provider? We use corecomm (a third party phone company) so we cann't get DSL without having to pay extra fees.
And if you are using SBC for phone and decide with to go with a cable modem I would seriously look into switching phone companies if you use services like Call Waiting and Caller ID. I think our plan even includes line backer but i'm not 100% sure because Jim just ends up taking care of everything inside.

[aventurine]

i use sbc, but i don't have cable so i guess i would have to swithc to get cable modem. and i use caller id, but not call waiting. why do those additional services matter... why should i switch phone companies then?

[whtyger97]

Might I suggest First Communications then? They have a package that includes your local service, caller id, and three way calling for 19.95 a month + taxes. You can also get long distance thru them with no monthly fee and 3.9 Cents a minute.

You can have Dish Tv and a cable modem from different companies, you'll just need to run two coax lines into the house, one from the dish and one from the cable company.