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Article #682Re: backup ISP if you don't have a landline phone
From: Adam H. Kerman
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:24
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:24
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David W. Tamkin <dattier@ripco.com> 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. Comcast offers rather expensive VoIP service. It's only advantage over Vonnage and others is the use of a separate channel from data and television. Otherwise, it goes out when data goes out, which often happens during mild electrical storms. So yeah, use an unsecured wireless connection from someone with DSL.
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