When we arrived home from Texas, we had no internet, so
By barehugs
@barehugs (8973)
Canada
April 16, 2012 8:04pm CST
One of the first things I did was get on the phone to Bell, and order a Turbo Hub Internet Modem. We had to wait several days because Bell was sending it via Postal Service. When it came there was no bill or invoice just the Hub and an instruction book. It was soon unpacked, and plugged into an electric circuit. The internet was up and running in no time, and the reception is the best we ever had, way out here in the country. The cost is reasonable, just $45.00/ month if you don't go over your quota of MGBS.
How is your internet? Are you wishing for a better, cheaper service?
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@burrito88 (2774)
• United States
17 Apr 12
My Internet service is cheaper. When i first moved here 5 years ago(in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania), there was no DSL service so I had to get the Internet through the cable company. It took them about 10 days to send a tech out to hook me up. That was a pain because I was involved with online auctions at eBay so I had to go to the library to go online. At least they ran cabling around the house for free to hook up my computers and add TV lines for 2 more TVs. (The phone company, Verizon, would have charge $70 just for the tech to show up.)
Getting the phone service set up was crazy. There's no direct mail delivery here and to get phone service, I had to find out the phone number for the previous owner so they knew where I was. Besides that, my cell phone, also with Verizon, did not have access in the house so I had to drive someplace else just to reach the phone company.
Over the years, Verizon added DSL service to the area, so I've switched back and for between the cable company and Verizon for Internet, depending upon who gave me the best deal. At one point, I even had my phone switched over to the cable company.
About a year ago, I made my my most recent switch back to Verizon. It was crazy. My Internet serice would drop without warning. First they thought my router, which worked perfectly fine the last time I had service from them, was bad so they changed it. The problem persisted, sometimes dropping 5 times a day. They kept sending the tech out, who no longer needed direction and I was starting to get to know, kept checking the contacts at my house, reprogramming the router, changing the contacts at the house, and checking things out at the street. They also kept checking the line remotely. I also had to put up with the aggravation of off shore techs who kept thinking they could remotely solve the problem despite the fact that none of their co-workers had. (One of them me so annoyed that I hung up on him and yet, he kept calling me back!) You might ask at this point why I didn't go back to the cable company but as I said, I was getting a good rate. Finally, and I say finally, they thought that perhaps the contacts with their router might be bad. And guess what, yes my service is good now.
Sorry for the rant except while doing it I just had an awful though.
Perhaps its time to rate shop again. LOL
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
17 Apr 12
When I think back to my first dial-up internet, about 10 years ago, I can hardly believe how far we have come in such a short time. However I believe the best is yet to come! This Turbo Hub is by far the best internet I've had! This equipment gets the signal from a satellite. (I think)(instructions say set it up by a window for best reception)
Yes, I believe you could do better if you checked out all the options!
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@burrito88 (2774)
• United States
17 Apr 12
Up till now I've been leery of satellite Internet providers. Of course it's been years since I checked them out, but the main providers here were the same as those providing satellite TV. In those days they were more expensive, plus you had to sign a contract. Also, you could lose contact during heavy rain or snow storms, which we get here. Right now my service is okay. My speed is okay. My main reason to chage would be lower cost.
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@AnnieOakley1 (5596)
• Canada
22 Apr 12
Barehugs, the Turbo Hub uses Cell Phone towers, not satellite. The only satellite high speed internet available to us (you and I) is with Explornet. It is about $55 + Tax, ends up a little over $60, but at least no overage charges to worry about. But the set up costs around $700, but usually they have discounts on and you can get that all done for around $400.
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
22 Apr 12
I think now a days the wireless internet are available. I would suggest you to look for it. I think at $45 a month it is too high. It comes around Rs 2000 per month here, which is very high. My internet cost around Rs 502 per months, which will be around $10 per month. I think internet should always be cheaper.
