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On 8/23/2011 12:24 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> 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.

The last Comcast outage I had taught me the value of cellular tethering. 
Particularly when one can make the mothership foot the bill.

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