I am now NOT the last person in the South on Dial-UP!!!!!!!!!

[lockedhearts]

HA HA HA, I got HughesNet installed today, my only High Speed option since AT&T will never, at least in my lifetime run DSL down my road! I weighed options and pricing between HughesNet and WildBlue and HughesNet had the better deal!
Now Hubby has to get the router working so I can use the laptop while he is on the PC, this may take a day or two since it seems to be an issue at the moment! But I am not SLOW anymore

 

[ranchhand]

Congratulations! I got "high speed" in Jan. 2008. It still isn't all that fast, but it sure beats dial-up!

 

[Cats Critters]

I have dial-up! (

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[Donnadzitall]

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What's dial up? BOOHAHAHA! Just kidding....it is definitely slower but hey...it is better than nothing right?

 

[sandspoultry]

So you have to tell us what the great price was?
Still on dail up here in the middle of no where NC!!!
Sharon

 

[lockedhearts]

I had a coupon for Free Installation, but I had to lease the equipment. But for now I thought that was fine.

Before I had NetZero and paid $9.95 month. The lease on this is $9.99 a month. I had to pay a few months in advance for the lease and a couple months in advance for my service, I got a mid-range $60.00 a month service . Total upfront charges were $170.00

If I had bought the equipment outright, I would have paid $300.00 upfront and still had to pay the monthly. Since I am on a budget, the lease made better budget sense for now.

I am thinking about getting rid of my home phone, since I am paying $40 for that and never use it.

 

[morelcabin]

Hey there's a thing you can buy called a Jack-All or something like that and it will give you phone service by simply plugging it in to the back of your puter. Maybe it's called magic jack?

 

[domino7]

I've read so many bad reviews of the Magic Jack, I wouldn't recommend that. We haven't had a home phone for several years. We pay less to each have a cel phone. Since all of our family is out of state that has saved us a small fortune.

 

[bayouchica]

Congrats!!! I'm jealous,lol.
I''ll be stuck on dial up for while I reckon. We had Wildblue come out,but told us we'd have to cut several trees. I've thought of wireless,but we don't even get a cell signal here.

 

[Cajunsamoan]

We just got DSL in our area recently. It was a big surprise since we don't have cell service or even mail service out here. I'm so happy for you! I don't miss dial up at all!! Sorry for those of you who still have to wait. It's no fun.