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On 2011-08-23, smr <me@shawnritchie.com> wrote:
> 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.

My T-Mobile plan is no-tethering, but my cap is 5 GB/month, so I have no 
idea how they'd even notice.

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Kristian Zoerhoff
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