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Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:13 am
by Joy
Can anybody recommend a company for inexpensive wifi only? With no TV attached. We're getting rid of our landline and U-Verse.

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:16 am
by Robert
Joy wrote:Can anybody recommend a company for inexpensive wifi only? With no TV attached. We're getting rid of our landline and U-Verse.
Depends on your area. Often phone line based internet access is the cheapest for high volume use. There are some cell system based options for lower volume, but you do have to watch your data use.

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 10:21 am
by Joy
Then what about cheap landline Internet access? We're paying around $90 a month now.

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 12:18 pm
by Josh
Joy wrote:Then what about cheap landline Internet access? We're paying around $90 a month now.
That's pretty expensive. What is your telephone company and your cable TV company? The latter usually offers Internet only access, but is sometimes cheaper in a "bundle"

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 12:33 pm
by temporal1
Josh wrote:
Joy wrote:Then what about cheap landline Internet access? We're paying around $90 a month now.
That's pretty expensive. What is your telephone company and your cable TV company? The latter usually offers Internet only access, but is sometimes cheaper in a "bundle"
i have this, through Frontier. they use the existing landlines, but, it's not "dial-up!"
my bill was $26.99/mo, high speed internet only, it just went up, it might be close to $30 next bill.

it serves the entire house, without wires.

packages are available.
i no longer have a landline phone, fax, or other.
my landline is now only used for internet access.

for me, it's a better quality connection than satellite (country location.)
i.e., fewer outages due to trees, etc.

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 2:03 pm
by trimthicket

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 2:46 pm
by PeterG
Joy, do you know approximately how much data you use every month?

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:26 pm
by Joy
Josh wrote:
Joy wrote:Then what about cheap landline Internet access? We're paying around $90 a month now.
That's pretty expensive. What is your telephone company and your cable TV company? The latter usually offers Internet only access, but is sometimes cheaper in a "bundle"
AT&T is our current provider. Don't have television. But Comcast would use cable, I guess, with router/modem rental.

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:34 pm
by Joy
temporal1 wrote:
Josh wrote:
Joy wrote:Then what about cheap landline Internet access? We're paying around $90 a month now.
That's pretty expensive. What is your telephone company and your cable TV company? The latter usually offers Internet only access, but is sometimes cheaper in a "bundle"
i have this, through Frontier. they use the existing landlines, but, it's not "dial-up!"
my bill was $26.99/mo, high speed internet only, it just went up, it might be close to $30 next bill.

it serves the entire house, without wires.

packages are available.
i no longer have a landline phone, fax, or other.
my landline is now only used for internet access.

for me, it's a better quality connection than satellite (country location.)
i.e., fewer outages due to trees, etc.
I'll have to check Frontier out. Thanks, Temp. That sounds good.

Re: Cheaper wifi

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:36 pm
by Joy
trimthicket wrote:https://www.freedompop.com/

For pay-as-you-go, try https://yourkarma.com/pricing
So what is the catch? Sounds too good to be true.