On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:56:10 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:20:22 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:


Out here in the hinterlands..we have no problems downloading Stuff.

My neighbors with cable or satellite TV don't either, but I use
antennas instead and don't pay $$$ for those services. I can turn on
prepaid Broadband2Go cellular Internet at $20 a month if I have a lot
to download. Text like this group and eBooks downloads quickly enough
on dialup, and sites that are light on images such as Wiki and Amazon
aren't bad.
-jsw


There are few if any landline providers left in my area..and the one I
had was charging almost $20 a month for 56k

Time-Warner offered basic cable AND internet for $25 a month..so we
choked up on some luxuries and took it. They dont have Usenet..but
Giganews has been so good to use that I dont mind the $4.95 fee.

Uptime is absolutely fantastic and their retention rate is something
like 4 yrs or more.

Im using Time-Warners "slow" program grade..something like 3mps..but
as you say..with Usenet and binaries and web browsing..not a big deal.

What Does slow me down is I have a N wireless router here and at times
there are up to 4 people on the net here at the homestead at the same
time..so I get binaries after they all go to bed.

Gunner

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