Gosh this is strange to me.
I live in a small city of 46,000 and surround County pop. is 86,000
with the nearest big city Indianapolis only 60 miles south. We use
Insight DSL and I'm perfectly happy with the time it takes to download
large files. It is very fast. So I'm not sure why you would have a
problem with competing services such as Earthlink. I use Safari
browser and Apple Mail since I do not own the computer and cannot use
CE.
regards,
doug
On Dec 28, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Bea Hopkinson wrote:
Some months ago I decided to get high speed internet from Earthlink.
We
went
through two modems and 3 routers before we discovered that our house
did
not
receive the signal well in the office and didn't transmit to my
wireless
card in the
laptop. We finally concluded we had to go to cable. They say its
supposed to be
extremely fast - it is faster than dial up but not the way it's
described
as instant
connection and download - there are pauses. It turns out we are at the
outer edge
of the central transmitter and the construction of our house with thick
walls and
chimneys impede the wireless signal. Thus it transmits 17 feet okay
but
beyond that
to where I usually use the laptop (my bedroom) is where I can receive
up
to 9 a.m.
in the morning, but during the day and in the late evening, I have to
move into the
office with my laptop to download and/or send.
I recently looked into Vonage as a way of reducing phone:
international/local and
internet service and because of the added phone advantages, but I came
to
the conclusion, for the above reasons that it would not work in my
house.
Anybody have any knowledge/thoughts about this?
Bea
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