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Article #680Re: backup ISP if you don't have a landline phone
From: Matt Ferrari
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:56
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:56
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"Geoff Gass" <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote in message news:slrnj55qfn.8p8.glg@ftupet.ftupet.com... > 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 :) Some cell phone are capable of acting as modems. I'm pretty sure mine can do it. Bob used to connect to the net on his laptop with his phone before he harrassed me into letting him get a dsl only line to his room.
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