ok, verizon also? Does any other provider have this, do you know? I have a card from them that is ... essentially a cell phone as I understand it. It's not WiMax. and dials up. It's pretty fast and I am pretty happy with it. I can also connect absolutely anywhere, including waaaay out in the desert. So I was just wondering i anyone here has a plan for several of these. It doesn't sound like it though....
2/10/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, you should be able to get a cell phone that also has high speed > data service and that you can use as both a phone and also plug into a > for internet access. my treo from verizon does this. > > If your land lines are really that bad you are kinda stuck... > > On 2/10/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > my bad. Phone service. Currently I have a barely usable land line that > > Qwest can't seem to fix in 12+ visits. It's barely possible to talk on > > it and useless for internet. Literally. With a great deal of patience > > you can get the google home page, tho that takes almost half an hour. > > No results though -- it times out every time. I have a cell phone from > > another provider that works, though I am not thrilled with them > > either. However Qwest expects me to pay full price for their unusable > > service, so they are at the top of my priority list. So. I have one of > > hose Verizon cards for my laptop. I was thinking of getting two more > > for the kids, but wondering what other plans are out there. Is the > > question clearer now? > > > > On 2/10/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alternatives for what? Cable? Phone? Cell Phones? I'm confused. > > > > > > On 2/10/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have totally lost patience. I'll spare you guys the gory details > > > > unless you really really want them, but I am shopping for > > > > lternatives. I was thinking perhaps 3 cell phones with a data pack on > > > > each... anyone have a plan like that and if so is it working for you? > > > > Do the cards come with it? Does anyone besides verizon do this? I am > > > > hesitant to get the cable back as this has led to Cartoon Network > > > > binges at our house before. My way would require me to buy a couple of > > > > laptops though.... any thoughts? I established a couple of years ago > > > > that Qwest is the only local provider here. There are other companies > > > > but they are essentially resellers. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > No enemies had ever taken Ankh-Morpock. Well technically they had, > > > > quite often; the city welcomed free-spending barbarian invaders, but > > > > somehow the puzzled raiders found, after a few days, that they didn't > > > > own their horses any more, and within a couple of months they were > > > > just another minority group with its own graffiti and food shops. > > > > > > > > -- (Terry Pratchett, Eric) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227699 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
