Christine, Last Sunday when my u-verse internet & phone quit, the repair guy said something about many modems dying after the latest software upgrade. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > This is very weird. My internet just picked up speed. For the past two days > I've been having problems uploading to my PAW gallery--internet download and > upload was insanely slow. I called earthlink, ordered a new modem (which was > free), yet as of right now it seems just fine. I'm zipping from page to > page as before. Ugh! Technology :-). Well, will see how long this lasts. > > Thanks for everyone's help. Down the road, I may have to get cable internet > only anyway. Cheers, Christine > > > > On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Of course, the question is, is hot spot slow actually faster than my current >> earthlink slow? :-) Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's both slow and expensive. Major carriers charge a premium for the >>> "hotspot" use. >>> >>> Paul via phone >>> >>> On Jun 1, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> One option you didn't mention: with the newer iPhones, and I am sure with >>>> other smart phones as well, you can use your phone as a wireless hub. In >>>> other words, your computer does a wireless link to your phone and >>>> piggybacks on your phone's wireless data links. This may be feasible if >>>> you have the phone, with good service, with a data plan that allows high >>>> volumes of data. >>>> >>>> stan >>>> >>>> On Jun 1, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ugh! Just ordered a new modem to replace the modem they discontinued in >>>>> 2006. Hopefully, this will help. Internet speed has been acting up >>>>> lately--insanely slow download times. In the mean time here's a question. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I'm very reluctant to order cable for internet because of the costs. For >>>>> example, you can get a Comcast special offer for 6 months but then your >>>>> rates go up. I don't want all the cable TV stations etc. Darrel & I >>>>> aren't interested in tv that much, and I don't want a "tv bill" as it >>>>> were. Anyone in the Chicago area use AT&T's internet services? >>>>> >>>>> Any other options I should consider besides satellite internet etc? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance. Christine >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
