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My technology ignorance abounds. Do I understand this right?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 554926" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It is generally VERY expensive to do what you are thinking of. The home that we rented from friends was too far out of town to get any of the standard cable or DSL internet. We looked at satellite internet but it is NOT reliable in our area due to the extreme wind we have on a normal basis. Connecting through a cell phone would easily have cost us over $150 per month with even very limited, only for husband's work and for me to reach all of you, access. there are options to get equipment and create your own hotspot with special equipment, but that can also be extremely expensive (more than $100 per month just for the internet for just one computer).</p><p></p><p>I would suggest you contact the area internet providers and ask what their rates are and what the start-up and equipment costs are. You can also try <a href="http://www.lowermybills.com" target="_blank">www.lowermybills.com</a> to see if they have any knowledge of providers in your area that might be less expensive. Be aware that <a href="http://www.lowermybills.com" target="_blank">www.lowermybills.com</a> will sell your info and will result in many companies that provide services for internet and for many other things (mortgages, electric, gas, phone, cell phone, yada yada yada) all contacting you repeatedly to try to sell their services to you. I tried the site once and got good information but was deluged with spam/ads and with phone calls for a very long time after that. </p><p></p><p>One other thing: if you run your internet through your smartphone, you will be limited by the capabilities of your phone to handle the data flow coming through. People that I have talked to about this have had problems not only with the internet service but also with calls being dropped, memory being filled, and other functions getting messed up. I don't know how much of that was due to the type of phone or the service provider they have, but they had major problems.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 554926, member: 1233"] It is generally VERY expensive to do what you are thinking of. The home that we rented from friends was too far out of town to get any of the standard cable or DSL internet. We looked at satellite internet but it is NOT reliable in our area due to the extreme wind we have on a normal basis. Connecting through a cell phone would easily have cost us over $150 per month with even very limited, only for husband's work and for me to reach all of you, access. there are options to get equipment and create your own hotspot with special equipment, but that can also be extremely expensive (more than $100 per month just for the internet for just one computer). I would suggest you contact the area internet providers and ask what their rates are and what the start-up and equipment costs are. You can also try [url]www.lowermybills.com[/url] to see if they have any knowledge of providers in your area that might be less expensive. Be aware that [url]www.lowermybills.com[/url] will sell your info and will result in many companies that provide services for internet and for many other things (mortgages, electric, gas, phone, cell phone, yada yada yada) all contacting you repeatedly to try to sell their services to you. I tried the site once and got good information but was deluged with spam/ads and with phone calls for a very long time after that. One other thing: if you run your internet through your smartphone, you will be limited by the capabilities of your phone to handle the data flow coming through. People that I have talked to about this have had problems not only with the internet service but also with calls being dropped, memory being filled, and other functions getting messed up. I don't know how much of that was due to the type of phone or the service provider they have, but they had major problems. [/QUOTE]
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