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Article #681Re: backup ISP if you don't have a landline phone
From: Kristian M Zoerhoff
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:22
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:22
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On 2011-08-22, Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote: > 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 :) Or jump on your neighbor's unsecured WAP. -- Kristian Zoerhoff kristian.zoerhoff@gmail.com
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