[ale] Broadband

[Kevin O'Neill Stoll]

Well, my 2 primary motives are to cease from contributing to the BellSouth
monopoly and to reduce my overall telecom expenditures. At the moment, It
seems that as long as I want high-speed connectivity and a phone line. I
have to dish out close to the same amount. The only difference is the type
of service I am getting and the convenience that it offers.

--- Fulton Green <ale at FultonGreen.com> wrote:
> Actually, most of my cable modem experience has been that getting
> broadband
> Internet service over cable WITHOUT getting the complementary broadband
> television service only adds $10-15 to your cable modem bill. MediaOne
> Express had that policy, but I don't know what AT&T does now. Charter
> also
> had that policy back when I had cable modem service (without cable
> television service) back in early 2000.
> 
> 'course, I wound up reducing expenses through a combination of getting a
> cheap cell phone plan, keeping my land-line and getting a $10/mo. dialup
> service. The total out of all that is around $80/mo. Your needs may
> vary.
> 
> On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 06:57:38AM -0700, Kevin O'Neill Stoll wrote:
> > I'm trying to cut some cuts on my telecom expenses at home. 
> > 
> > Currently have Bell$outh DSL. With a land line and the dsl I end up
> > spending about $80 - 90 a month. I don't really need the land line
> because
> > I have a cell phone so I was wondering if anyone knows how I could get
> DSL
> > or cable without having to pay for a phone line or cable. I have heard
> of
> > non-telco DSL but I haven't had any luck finding providers that match
> this
> > definition. I also have heard about cable providers that offer cable
> > modems without the cable service but I don't know of any in the area.
> > 
> > Of course, if the extra cost associated with not having a phone line
> or
> > cable still ends up being 80-90 then it doesn't make a difference.
> 
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