Switching from cable to dsl/directv - any suggestions?

[slackerinabox]

Hi guys,
My rents are tired of paying $130 a month for cable tv and cable modem service so we're thinking about switching to DTV and dsl.. Smart or bad move? Any great NYC based dsl providers? I've had some crappy luck with Verizon but maybe they've imrpoved.. DSL as networkable as cable modems (I have 4 PCs).. Thanks for any help!

 

[Kevin]

Sounds like our bill, $150 a month for RoadRunner, 3 Digital and 2 Analog cable boxes...

 

[isekii]

I'll be paying like 60 bucks for cable modem service + Dish network service...

im on the 24.99 plan with dish and 29.99 with earthlink ( road runner ) .

 

[MacGaven]

Cable is crazy expensive.

I have successfuly switched to T-Mobile Unlimited GPRS on my Laptop. I can live with 56-80kb for $19.99.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: MacGaven
Cable is crazy expensive.

I have successfuly switched to T-Mobile Unlimited GPRS on my Laptop. I can live with 56-80kb for $19.99.

wow it's thta fast ? unlmited for 20 bucks a month ? damn...

i only pay 30 bucks for 2.5mb/394k for 6 months then 41.95 but i'm onna cancel before then and go with another company ^_^

 

[arod]

If you want to save more money Dish has a 24.99 plan which is pretty good channel list and free equipment. But you wont be able to get the sports packages with Dish though.

 

[MacGaven]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: MacGaven
Cable is crazy expensive.

I have successfuly switched to T-Mobile Unlimited GPRS on my Laptop. I can live with 56-80kb for $19.99.

wow it's thta fast ? unlmited for 20 bucks a month ? damn...

i only pay 30 bucks for 2.5mb/394k for 6 months then 41.95 but i'm onna cancel before then and go with another company ^_^

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[RossMAN]

MacGaven,

I have a Nokia 3390 with T-Mobile's $69.99/mo family plan and a Compaq Presario 1500T laptop with Dell TrueMobile 1150 WiFi card.

What do I need hardware wise to use T-Mobile's unlimited internet GPRS plan?

Thanks.

 

[MacGaven]

RossMAN,

I don't know if you can add a GPRS Data Plan to a Nokia 3390. Most of the phones that T-Mobile now sells have modems built-in and only require a link of data cable, Bluetooth, or IR to connect with a laptop.

I am using a Merlin G-100 GPRS PCMCIA card that I bought off of eBay for $60 to connect to T-Mobile GPRS on my laptop. I swap out my SIM card from my phone to the Merlin card when I want to use the internet.(This is typically faster than using a phone as a modem) I average a nice 80k on this PCMCIA card when I connect around the city.

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I would suggest you try the T-Mobile Hotspot even though it's limited in where you can connect, this plan is now $19.99 for Unlimited Data a month as well.

Tons of locations in Portland, OR

 

[isekii]

wow 80k is fuggin awesome on the wireless.

what kb is that during download ??

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: MacGaven
RossMAN,

I don't know if you can add a GPRS Data Plan to a Nokia 3390. Most of the phones that T-Mobile now sells have modems built-in and only require a link of data cable, Bluetooth, or IR to connect with a laptop.

I am using a Merlin G-100 GPRS PCMCIA card that I bought off of eBay for $60 to connect to T-Mobile GPRS on my laptop. I swap out my SIM card from my phone to the Merlin card when I want to use the internet.(This is typically faster than using a phone as a modem) I average a nice 80k on this PCMCIA card when I connect around the city.

Merlin G-100 eBay Example

I would suggest you try the T-Mobile Hotspot even though it's limited in where you can connect, this plan is now $19.99 for Unlimited Data a month as well.

Tons of locations in Portland, OR

I thought Hot Spot was 802.11b...

 

[WTT0001]

Go for it, DSL is easy to network using any standard router, and direcTV is cool (Yankees = Awesome) ($35 per month for 1.5/128 DSL through Verizon (yes, they have improved) and $35 for DirecTV (Basic Package) )

Good Luck,

WTT