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ball
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Broadband
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Aug 15 05:59 UTC 2006 |
I would like broadband Internet access at home so that I can
connect my microcomputers to the Internet and do things like
VoIP, videoconferencing and downloads that don't take all
night. The hardest part seems to be determining the actual
cost.
The cable television/Internet company boast US$ 20 per
month, but the small print says that after four months
"regular monthly service rates apply", without mentioning
what those rates are. I may phone them later today just to
ask.
The telephone company are a little more forthcoming about
their DSL service: it's US$ 13 per month for the first year
and US$ 30 per month afterwards. I think that's a fair price
but the lack of a static IP address is unfortunate.
Sattelite Internet isn't a viable option: it costs too much,
has latency high enough to hamper VoIP and costs too much.
How do you connect to the Internet? How much does it cost
you?
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ball
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response 1 of 34:
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Aug 15 06:01 UTC 2006 |
Did I mention that Satellite Internet costs too much? ;-)
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nharmon
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response 2 of 34:
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Aug 15 12:22 UTC 2006 |
I have a cable modem which comes bundled with my CATV service. I have no
idea how much it costs.
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rcurl
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response 3 of 34:
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Aug 15 20:39 UTC 2006 |
Both cable TV (but not Premium channels) and Broadband (but not VOIP), and
dynamic IP addresses, cost us just under $100/mo. (We use WiFi for the
Internet connection and since we have moved computers around, and can
serve visitors with their laptoips.)
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ball
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response 4 of 34:
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Aug 15 22:17 UTC 2006 |
I bought a wireless router to plug into the DSL/Cable modem
or whatever I eventually end up with. Hopefully I'll be able
to connect to the Internet via the Wireless LAN.
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rcurl
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response 5 of 34:
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Aug 16 05:52 UTC 2006 |
Should be no problem. I have a wired LAN (with two desktops) connecting to
the wireless base station by means of a wireless adapter.
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ball
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response 6 of 34:
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Aug 16 22:02 UTC 2006 |
Provided I can get a wireless network adaptor to work with
NetBSD, the LAN setup shouldn't be a huge problem. Arranging
a broadband connection to the Internet seems more of a
challenge, mostly because I can't get meaningful numbers
from either of the two available providers.
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gull
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response 7 of 34:
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Aug 25 18:30 UTC 2006 |
I have Comcast cable Internet, currently. It started at $29.95/month
(plus my cable TV charges), then went up to nearly $50/month after six
months. I'm about to switch to Speakeasy OneLink DSL, for $56/month,
because Comcast's connection has been unreliable for the last few
months. One nice thing about Speakeasy is they give you a static IP.
They have a good reputation for reliability and customer service. I
don't have enough experience with them yet to say if it's deserved, but
I've been impressed by their professionalism -- within a couple hours
of placing my order, I received an email with a loop install date and
the IP and network info for my connection. They also set you up with a
real router, not a modem that you then have to get your computer to run
PPP-over-Ethernet to.
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ball
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response 8 of 34:
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Aug 25 22:53 UTC 2006 |
A static IP address would certainly be nice, but US$ 56 per month
seems a bit steep. Perhaps you're getting oodles of bandwidth though.
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