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Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:02 am
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Forum H4xor
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
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Location: Boston
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anyone have some suggestions for a low price Internet connection for someone who is real new to the net and computers? i bought my dad a 'puter for his birthday/fathers day and I want to get him plugged in, but he doesnt really need some crazy high speed cable or nothing and really im looking for some suggestions. I was thinking of that new Netzero 3g or some thing. Dial up is fine for him ATM. So anyone got any suggestions?
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Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:04 am
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Forum Medic
Joined: 04 May 2005
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Location: Pennsylvania
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AOL is the devil...
Go with something like netzero or something... |
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Sat Jun 25, 2005 1:27 am
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Forum H4xor
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Location: Boston
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yea that is what i was thinking of Netzero. i wouldnt set him up with AOL if my life depended on it. |
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Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:18 am
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Joined: 08 Dec 2004
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Location: NJ
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get Verizon DSL i heard its 20 bucks a month and its fast but not as fast as my l33t cable connection but its still okay |
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Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:37 pm
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Joined: 17 Jan 2005
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Location: The Padded Walls Seem Kinda Nice in New Jersey
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I use verizon DSL, its 25 a month if u sign up for a year, which is really good (used to be like 30 or 40) and its up to 2 mbps download, however i dont know the upload, gotta search that yourself |
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Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:44 pm
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Forum Medic
Joined: 07 Dec 2004
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well just look in your phone book under internet connection... i had a local dial up before i went cable... webspace and unlimited access for 18$ a month. It was called quicknet... dont know if they are anywhere else |
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Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:49 am
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Joined: 14 Dec 2004
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Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Psh....2mbps. Mine's 11mbps . But seriously, I would go with NetZero for the low price connection. It's faster than normal dial-up and real cheap, I think like $15 a month or something. |
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 7:58 pm
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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Companies that operate on standard dial up accounts, but offer "faster than dialup" are using ISP side page cueing and mild compression. This makes webpages load faster, but will not have an affect on game play. Though some dial-up providers themself have a better internet connection than other providers, and that is a big distinguishing factor when it comes to speed when alot of people are on, and latency all arround. |
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:24 pm
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Joined: 06 Jan 2005
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Location: middle o' no where Nebraska
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cable pwns all, but it comes at around 60 (or higher) a month. NetZero is what we used until we got cable. i'd go with that.
regular, it's 10 bucks a month, high-speed is 15 i beleive |
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Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:02 pm
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Forum H4xor
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Location: Boston
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I actually did get Netzero for my father. He has never used a computer before so he doesnt really need fast downloads and all that stuff. All he really needs is sometihing to begin learning on. So yea I got him Netzero. |
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Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:44 am
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Joined: 23 Jan 2005
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Location: Kentucky
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I would go with net zero. Verizon totally farked me up the wrong tree woth all their hidden fees and small print. Steam is NOT the "steaming pile of poop" if you use Verizon, Verizon IS the Steaming Pile of poop! |
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:33 am
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Joined: 25 Nov 2004
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Location: sacramento ca
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netzero is a re-branded nutscrape, which is strip down aol.
use this one:
http://www.softcom.net/
because speed does matter if you are getting a newb online. if its too slow then they will get bored and not learn the 'pooter pooperly.
we gots
dialup($149.40/yr),
accelerated dialup(yr+$1; $161.40)
DSL($143.40/yr, modem $99)
WiFi/fixed Wireless in Galt CA($24.95/mo wifi, $39.95/mo fixed; + hardware and install)
actually, based on your location, nevermind, try www.cwnet.com |
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:06 pm
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Forum H4xor
Joined: 09 Oct 2005
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Location: California
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I have Comcast Cable
I don't pay for it, so.....
We're hooked up by a custom Wi-Fi connection, so there are 3 other computers hooked up, and we can connect at the same time if we wanted to use it simaltaniously.
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:32 am
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005
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Location: Windy City, USA
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Yahoo DSL is offering 12.95/14.95 a month for a year.
We tried it for a month about a year back and really had no problems. There was no "hidden fees," fairly easy to install, and seemed fine. It actually came through our local phone company. We went back to cable because Comcast increased their download speeds, but now I see Yahoo DSL also increased theirs.
My only real complaint at the time was, they didn't give you any REAL webspace. Just an account at Geocities (garbage)... which anyone can have anyway. |
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:54 pm
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Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Location: New Jersey
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I have Optimum Online...supposedly the fastest cable service in the country. (7mbit down - 1.2 mbit up) They have NEVER supplied web space...and most likely never will.
There are various "flavors" of DSL...obviously paying more as the bandwidth increases. I doubt your average gamer would be happy with their lowest price service. |
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