I need a cable ISP and can't get it in my town

[grimlykindo]

I just moved to a new house in a town only about about 10 minutes from where I previously lived. I had mediacomm cable brodband internet at my old house and loved it. Well to make a long story short, mediacomm doesn't service the town I moved to so I had to cancel my contract. It turns out the only internet provider (besides dial-up) is frontier DSL which needs an active house phone plan with frontier - $45 a month for just phone line and another $50 for DSL internet, so over $100 a month adter tax!:disgust:

I love my cell phone and HATE house phones, so obviously I do not currently have a house phone. I called every internet company in Minnesota and barely any of them even have my town on their system! so now I have no option but to pay $100 for some phone-line DSL and have a house phone that I will never use!:frown:

I hate small towns

 

[FoBoT]

you should have thought of that before moving

you could start a wireless ISP and give yourself free service

 

[grimlykindo]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you should have thought of that before moving

you could start a wireless ISP and give yourself free service

How do you do that?

 

[Fritzo]

First thing I checked when I started building my new house was broadband availability. If you didn't check that, gotta take what you can get

 

[FoBoT]

1. buy networking/wireless equipment
2. learn how to set it up
3. get business license
4. advertise/get customers
5.
6. profit!

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: grimlykindo

Originally posted by: FoBoT
you should have thought of that before moving

you could start a wireless ISP and give yourself free service

How do you do that?

Get a DSL line, hook a wireless router to it, add a big antenna to the router, and you're in business.

 

[Nitemare]

Welcome to the world of legalized monopolies.

Don't like it, win the lottery and bribe the local politicians with more money than they are getting from the telcoms

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Welcome to the world of legalized monopolies.

Don't like it, win the lottery and bribe the local politicians with more money than they are getting from the telcoms

Winnar ! :thumbsup:

 

[kranky]

There's no way in the world I'd pay $100 a month just for broadband. I'd live on dialup, unless I was independently wealthy.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: kranky
There's no way in the world I'd pay $100 a month just for broadband. I'd live on dialup, unless I was independently wealthy.

But even then you'd be paying upwards of $65 a month after you factor in the cost of a phone line and the dial up ISP.

Does your cell phone provider offer any wireless ISP services?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: kranky
There's no way in the world I'd pay $100 a month just for broadband. I'd live on dialup, unless I was independently wealthy.

If I had to, I would. I can't go back to dialup after over five years.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Does your cell phone provider offer any wireless ISP services?

Sprint has CDMA service everywhere as far as I know. unlimited service was $80/month last time i checked. it isn't much faster than dial up, but it is a little better. they might start dropping prices soon with Verizon rolling out EV-DO broadband.