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Post by grapenut on Jul 9, 2012 17:07:57 GMT -5
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Post by dirtdobber on Jul 9, 2012 18:20:58 GMT -5
Congrats on the increased speed. I swiched recently to verizon fios and it is very fast compared to what I had. I know how frustrating it is to go outside cause I got tired of waiting for something to download. Would come back later and see if it finished.
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Post by w8n4dave on Jul 9, 2012 22:24:46 GMT -5
yes I have a verizon hotspot sooooo much better than Dial UP , they should call it Dial down!! LOL I sat here tonight watching a few vids. So nice I was remembering when I had to w8 and w8 1/2 hr for a 4 min vid sometimes longer. Congrats  |
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Post by marielouise on Jul 10, 2012 1:48:33 GMT -5
Welcome to the fast track!!!! |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jul 10, 2012 7:52:20 GMT -5
Never mind waiting for Videos, I had trouble on dialup opening emails most days.
We moved back to civilization before high speed was available where we farmed. We were in a dead zone between two service providers and neither one wanted to install the equipment for high speed. There were no other options then.
Congrats Grapenut on entering the 21st Century!
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Post by garrett on Jul 10, 2012 9:44:40 GMT -5
grins you go grape.
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Post by directsunlight on Jul 10, 2012 11:00:54 GMT -5
We only have two options-- AT &T and satellite. Satellite is more expensive and not any faster than what we have now. AT&T gives me a different answer about upgrading when I ask them each time. The first answer was that it isn't available. The second is that it is available but there aren't enough lines to carry it (not sure why there's a line then to carry one at 1/2 the speed). The third is that they will upgrade the internet speed, but only if we buy their cable too. My conclusion: two of the three answers are lies, & good luck figuring out which one is the right one. Each employee is told to give a certain answer by his boss. If I had another option I'd take it, but there aren't any other providers in the unincorporated part of the county.
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Post by w8n4dave on Jul 11, 2012 10:01:28 GMT -5
I have the same problem half mile one way they have cable half mile the other way they have cable, will they put it down my road??? Nope yea you can get satellite but I hate satellite, my friends have it, it goes out if it gets too cloudy. Better than dial up but still. So I heard about the hot spot, thru verizon I know we get a verizon signal, so it made sense to me ....... That and I can take it with me anywhere I go, you know how much I travel around, and so far (knock on wood) I have not gone anywhere that I didn't get a signal ..... It rocks!! I know there are a few more out there but I don't get a signal from them... You can go to their site and see if you get a signal where your at. Now if Cable ever comes thru, I am not sure I want it, I am sure it is faster than my hotspot , but I cannot take it with me |
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Post by grapenut on Jul 11, 2012 16:31:33 GMT -5
Hi all, thanks for the reply's. To tell the truth...the only reason I got it out here is because my brother works for the phone company and called in some favors so he could get it, then he got it for me...we only get between 1/3 and 1/4of the bandwidth out here...but it sure beats the 25kps I was getting before...things are so much better on the internet now...I love it!  |
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Post by grapenut on Jul 11, 2012 16:47:14 GMT -5
We only have two options-- AT &T and satellite. Satellite is more expensive and not any faster than what we have now. AT&T gives me a different answer about upgrading when I ask them each time. The first answer was that it isn't available. The second is that it is available but there aren't enough lines to carry it (not sure why there's a line then to carry one at 1/2 the speed). The third is that they will upgrade the internet speed, but only if we buy their cable too. My conclusion: two of the three answers are lies, & good luck figuring out which one is the right one. Each employee is told to give a certain answer by his boss. If I had another option I'd take it, but there aren't any other providers in the unincorporated part of the county. even though my brother works for the phone company, he will get the same runaround you do unless he requests to talk to certain people. My brother takes care of a lot of problems that his so called boss is suppose to take care of and makes his boss look good...so my brother asked for this a little over a year ago and his boss finally made good ;D  |
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Post by garrett on Jul 19, 2012 13:08:17 GMT -5
is it spensive?
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