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

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From: Geoff Gass
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:44

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David W. Tamkin <nobody@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
> 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.

get a laptop and go to starbucks :)

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