Thank you, Donk. I am probably the only person on the planet who does not have a smart phone. :-) However, my regular cell gets very clear service, for being a sparsely populated area....maybe an occasional dropped call, and that is usually remedied by powering down for a minute or two, the powering back up, again. Yes, many options are very expensive, and since I'm only at that location at what amounts to less than a week per month, it's kind of a waste of money for me. The nearest neighbor is a nursing home, so piggy-backing is probably not an option, though it was my first (and preferred) option. :-D I will look into the others you mentioned, and hopefully, one will have coverage in my area. If not, I may be pulled kicking and screaming into the world of smart phones, another area where I have very little expertise. :-P
--- In [email protected], Donk <d.knieriem@...> wrote: > > Really, the cheapest, best solution would be to knock on your neighbor's > doors and ask if you could piggy back on their network for 1 weekend a > month - maybe offer to pay them $10 or something. Yeah, it might be a > little creepy if you don't know them, but, heh, that would be the > cheapest way. :-) > > Do you have a smartphone? You can do most of the same surfing on a > smartphone that you can on a laptop. Also, if you do have a cellphone > contract plan you should ask your carrier how much it would be to add a > data plan to your monthly plan. Usually around $20-$30 a month with a > limited amount of data (maybe 5GB - which isn't much if you watch many > Youtube vids). Ask them about tethering plans too. That's where you use > your phone as a modem for your laptop. But really a smartphone might be > all you need/want. (Of course this is all assuming you've got decent > cell signals where you are). > > Most phone companies sell little USB broadband adapters and then charge > you for how much data you use. You mentioned Netzero, so you already > know about these plans. You'll have to do some research to find the > cheapest carrier that offers the most data. I think generally the > pre-paid companies like Netzero, Virgin Mobile, Cricket, etc. will be a > little cheaper than the big boys like Verizon. > > But again, if you don't have a cell signal then you are pretty much > outta luck for access unless you want to sign up with the same ISP your > neighbors use - and that can be expensive. I think that some ISP's > (including Verizon, Comcast) offer a monthly, no-contract internet plan, > but it's likely pretty expensive. > > Good luck, > Donk ------------------------------------ If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [email protected] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [email protected] Thank you for using A-1 Computer TechYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
