ClearWire offers a wireless modem with an ethernet port. -wes
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:41 AM, Michael C. Robinson < [email protected]> wrote: > Comcast is expensive. I pay for my cable Internet every month and at > the end of the 1st year, even if I drop digital voice service, I'll > probably pay more. > > Yeah Comcast is reasonably fast, no it is not cheap. I don't like the > games Comcast plays with special offers where it's cheap in the > beginning and excruciatingly expensive 6 months to a year down the road. > > At least the basic phone service is cheaper than CenturyLink basic line. > Forget the deluxe phone service. > > So one question I'm asking is, what kind of backup broadband service do > I want, if any, in the future? Another question I'm asking, > will that be wireless broadband? I own my cable modem and was thinking, > I can disconnect and later reconnect service... Trouble is, for how > long will the current Arris TM722G be the ideal cable modem to have? > I'm hovering just below $64/month right now and will be till Christmas > probably. > > I really don't have any complaints about Comcast service overall, just > the price bothers me. > > So I see that Sprint offers wireless broadband in the Portland/Scappoose > area and AT&T of course has some offerings as well. There's Verizon, > but I think Verizon equals expensive. Pay as you go could be > attractive, but I see ripoff big time. For pay as you go to be > attractive, it has to be purchasable in one month increments and should > be preferably less than $60/month for a reasonable amount of time online > to unlimited time online. Also mandatory, no contract and no automatic > re-enrollment. If voice service can be thrown in with the wireless > broadband, great. > > What I want to know is what works with Linux as far as wireless > broadband is concerned? What doesn't work with Linux? If I'm going > to be paying $60/month or more for broadband staying with Comcast, > can I get portable broadband for the same price or less? > > SO far using google I'm haven't been impressed with what I've found out. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
