backup ISP if you don't have a landline phone

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From: David W. Tamkin
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:22

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Please help a confused oldster deal with the twenty-first century.

What do people do these days for a backup Internet provider if their ISP is
down and they don't have a landline phone and thus can't use dial-up?

I get broadband and our first landline from Comcast.  I'd like to get rid of
AT&T service on our second landline and either live with only one landline.
If I did that and the Comcast connection were to go out, how would I get on
line at my desktop computer?

Thanks for any constructive help.

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Subject: backup ISP if you don't have a landline phone
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