high speed internet service

[GMN]

This could be a dumb question, but the neighbor called yesterday all excited that our local phone carrier had called saying that high speed internet would be available in our rural area. She said they said they would have to come out to her house and do something to her modem, then charge her a installation fee, plus she would get billed every month on her phone bill. We currently have dial up, and I guess my qusetion is how does fast speed internet work? Is it thru a phone line? They told her that it would not tie up her phone, and would be on 24/7. I just wonder how it all works, could there be hidden charges somewhere? Too good to be true?

GMN

 

[bigbull338]

ive got highspeed through hughesnet.an it works real good for me.now for the ph company highspeed.i reckon they do use the phoneline for the internet.an you would have to intall a new modem.an put a wireless router if you have more than 1 pc on the internet.we have 3 hooked into our router.an sometimes 4 pcs when my neice an her hubby comes home.

 

[GMN]

ive got highspeed through hughesnet.an it works real good for me.now for the ph company highspeed.i reckon they do use the phoneline for the internet.an you would have to intall a new modem.an put a wireless router if you have more than 1 pc on the internet.we have 3 hooked into our router.an sometimes 4 pcs when my neice an her hubby comes home.

What is a router and where would they put another modem?

GMN

 

[bigbull338]

they would hook your modem up an sitt it next to your pc.the router allows you to have more than 1 pc online.we have 3 pcs hooked up to our router an online right now.your router would sitt by your pc as well.

 

[john250]

GMN, aren't you pretty far out in the country? Unless you have seen new lines going in, I am guessing this is wireless service. A wireless transmitter is on a cell tower or water tower. You will need a line of sight from your home to the transmitter.

 

[GMN]

they would hook your modem up an sitt it next to your pc.the router allows you to have more than 1 pc online.we have 3 pcs hooked up to our router an online right now.your router would sitt by your pc as well.

I would have another email address? Or could I keep the one I have now too?

We are inbetween 2 cities that are fairly small. Reason I questioned this, is because I have not seem them working on the phone lines,and wondered if this was just some sort of gimmick.

Is this considered DSL?

GMN

 

[bigbull338]

yes id say thats considered DSL.the only way youd keep your current email address is if its a yahoo or hotmail addy.hughes gives us 5 email accounts.

 

[Frankie]

This could be a dumb question, but the neighbor called yesterday all excited that our local phone carrier had called saying that high speed internet would be available in our rural area. She said they said they would have to come out to her house and do something to her modem, then charge her a installation fee, plus she would get billed every month on her phone bill. We currently have dial up, and I guess my qusetion is how does fast speed internet work? Is it thru a phone line? They told her that it would not tie up her phone, and would be on 24/7. I just wonder how it all works, could there be hidden charges somewhere? Too good to be true?

GMN

Our phone company (AT&T) offers several dial up choices. The more you pay, the faster your service. But it does use the only phone line we've got. We have a wireless internet service through a local computer store. It doesn't use our phone line, but we have to be in a line of sight for the tower. The only way for you to know for sure is to call the phone company and ask.

 

[dun]

Depending on either the number of available wires going to your haouse and/or the quality of the wire plant between you and the central office, it could be done over a spare pair of wires or sandwiched over the existing wire. There is also the wireless possibility, but they only way to know for sure is to ask the phone company. They've been claiming for the past 2 years that we will have highspeed within the next few months. That lie started 2 years ago and it's still the same time frame. They're stringing fiber but it's still 10 miles from us and we're on a secondary road so I'm not holding my breath. We went with wireless through a local company, couldn;t be more pleased with the service/speed.

 

[GMN]

Thats what it is, they have to install a router, like DSL. I asked her if it works greatout in the country and she said it would be different than if I lived in town but should work fine,and that the tech would come out and get it working as good as it would work, whatever that means?

For double the money a month it should work as good as it does in town. I'm gonna let the neighbor be the guinea pig first, if it works out, I'll switch over, high speed internet sure would be nice!

Thanks for the replies.

Gail

 

[dyates]

Anyone with cell phone service can get wireless service that's a little faster than dsl. Ours is about $60 a month through Cingular with unlimited air time. You get a little gadget called an air card that plugs right into one of the ports on your computer that receives cellular signals.

 

[fit2btied]

Anyone with cell phone service can get wireless service that's a little faster than dsl. Ours is about $60 a month through Cingular with unlimited air time. You get a little gadget called an air card that plugs right into one of the ports on your computer that receives cellular signals.

My cell phone works in the living room but only gets one bar in the computer room and loses it when I turn my head the wrong way. Wonder whether or not it would work for me as is or if I would have to 'change' computer rooms?

 

[tncattle]

It will be faster than dial up for sure but not as fast as high speed cable internet.

 

[1982vett]

Finally got the wireless broadband installed today. :banana: So far it is zipping along nicely. :D Page full of pictures load instantly. It's great so far. :nod:

 

[GMN]

I decided to give it a whirl, next month, while they have all the free deals going on. Hope it works out as good as they say.

GMN

 

[1982vett]

I decided to give it a whirl, next month, while they have all the free deals going on. Hope it works out as good as they say.

GMN

Anything faster than dial-up is a step up. Satellite was faster than dial-up but mine was nowhere near the speeds advertised. So far, my new service is leaving everything in the dust. Never had cable or DSL service so I can't compare to those.

 

[Limomike]

We live on a dead end road about 5 miles from a 40,000 people town. For the past 3 years they have been saying we are going to get cable high speed internet service. Up until now, all we had available was dial-up. I just recently went with AT&T broadband. It works really great, except that it costs 60 bucks a month.

 

[bigbull338]

im paying $60 a month for my highspeed internet.but heck i was paying $45 a month for dialup an the ph bill.so im coming out ahead now because i have some speed.

 

[KenB]

We live on a dead end road about 5 miles from a 40,000 people town. For the past 3 years they have been saying we are going to get cable high speed internet service. Up until now, all we had available was dial-up. I just recently went with AT&T broadband. It works really great, except that it costs 60 bucks a month.

Mike, Is your AT&T broadband with your cell phone?

 

[Red Headed Farmer]

if its over your phone line it will be DSL and it will be so much faster than dial up it is done on the existing phone line. it is data so it doesnt interfear with voice. there are usually different levels of service so you will be able to choose the speed you want depending on what you want to spend. you will be impressed with the speed as you will be able to watch streaming video and pictures will load fast. after dial up you will think its a miricle. most DSL modems have a wirless option but you will still need a wireless router to add more computers and wirless cards for each computer. you dont have to go wireless, you can get a plain router and run cat 5 cables from the computers to the router. but you will still need a NIC card for each computer.