hi again. thanks to all who are offering internet service suggestions...i REALLY miss cable access to high-speed--that's what i had in our last apartment. a deal like patrick mentioned, cable access and TV together from at&t. what's weird is that while our new building (a newish condo in chicago's south loop) uses at&t for our cable TV still, they haven't yet wired us for high speed cable internet! when i called about it, the building manager told me the only option thus far for cable internet is a company called off-shore...but they are too pricy (60ish for a month) and in any case the manager said that at&t were planning at some point to get off their butts and wire the building. so i'll wait and see on that.
and thanks for the compuserve/AOL perspectives...one thing i'm also looking into is a telephone line plan from MCI that would give us unlimited local/ long distance service, which means i could log in via NYU's access number (a long distance call for me), at least while i'm still officially matriculated there (not much longer though). OK, i now realize this is way more info than anyone wants on my own personal internet issues... but i do appreciate all the good advice and suggestions. (and the best wishes for our baby! a tiny piece of JC: i packed up the CDs we'll be bringing to the hospital for labor and delivery, and chose "blue" and "for the roses" as my joni selections...ones that are near and dear and sweet and comforting to me.) --emily
