OK, so I'm moving into an apartment with cable and phone hookups, but nothing currently running. What's the cheapest way to get data service to my computer?
Cheapest is to piggyback off a neighbor's unsecured WiFi access point. ;)
Seriously, though, the cheapest will be some kind of package deal -- either cable+internet or phone+DSL. The cable companies usually have the cheapest introductory rates, but keep in mind you'll pay full price after the first year.
...Of which there are several in the area, if one belives the landlady (haven't checked myself). And if you reflash somebody's router with one of the compromised router images, they'll never see you/lock you out, either. But that's not nice, which is what gets us here. I've been looking at various combinations of cel network tethering, dry pair DSL and other loopholes, and haven't been able to get it below the $40/month mark (Cricket unlimited wireless) so far, each solution with it's upsides and downsides.
I have dry line DSL from Speakeasy, and like it a lot, but it's not cheaper than (or faster than) cable Internet. What mostly drew me to it is they have unusually competent tech support; I'd had a lot of problems with Comcast's cable Internet breaking in ways their tech support seemed unable to fix. Also, Speakeasy doesn't prohibit servers, which is a point in their favor in my book, even if such prohibitions are rarely actually enforced.
I also looked at Ygnition and Clearwire, but it seemed like a lot of people who had those services were really dissatisfied with them.
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Seriously, though, the cheapest will be some kind of package deal -- either cable+internet or phone+DSL. The cable companies usually have the cheapest introductory rates, but keep in mind you'll pay full price after the first year.
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I've been looking at various combinations of cel network tethering, dry pair DSL and other loopholes, and haven't been able to get it below the $40/month mark (Cricket unlimited wireless) so far, each solution with it's upsides and downsides.
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I also looked at Ygnition and Clearwire, but it seemed like a lot of people who had those services were really dissatisfied with them.
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