What Kind of Computer Connection Do You Have?

I have Comcast, and have the most basic cable that they offer, and bundled with my internet. If it is not bundled, then the price goes up so just having the internet costs almost as much as having both, so mine is $54 a month. Plus, I rent their modem/router, so if there is a problem, they will come and fix it for me. Norton anti-virus is included with the internet connection.
I have the old "dinosaur desktop", but I don't use it much anymore (way too slow), except for a couple programs I have there that aren't available anymore, and won't work on my MacAir laptop in any case.
Most of the time, I use the iPad , it is just SO portable, and handy for about everything I like to do online, and I love all of the apps they make for it.
I am still learning to use the MacAir, but I like it as well. My daughter is tuning up the Dinosaur, so it is out of commission for a while, anyway.

Seabreeze, I think you will be glad when you upgrade to a faster connection, and the new things you will be able to do once you upgrade will amaze you. All of those pictures, youtube videos, and Netflix movies that you have been missing ! Or had to go to the library or Starbucks to watch.
Once you switch, you will be so glad that you made the change.

Oh, another good idea.....get an iPad, too.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
Seabreeze, I think you will be glad when you upgrade to a faster connection, and the new things you will be able to do once you upgrade will amaze you. All of those pictures, youtube videos, and Netflix movies that you have been missing ! Or had to go to the library or Starbucks to watch.
Once you switch, you will be so glad that you made the change.
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May as well join the 21st century. It's quickly becoming obsolete as we speak...
 

50 mbs, with TWC. It's pretty fast. I also watch lots of movies with my Roku and they load a lot better since I got the faster internet a couple of weeks ago. OMG, dial up is so slow, I remember it well. Katy, I called them about lowering my bill a couple of weeks ago. I was paying 23 dollars a month for the bundle of HBO, Cinemax, Movie channel and show time. I hardly ever watched them, so I canceled them. I got the faster internet speed plus two DVR's that communicate with each other. The only thing I gave up were the movie channels, and my bill is 80 dollars a month lower permanently.
 
Ozarkgal said:
Katy, glad you called Time Warner. I did the same thing with my internet/phone carrier last year and got a nice discount. A year before they wouldn't even talk to me about a price break. A lot of times new programs come along and they don't tell anyone, you just have to call to find out.
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That is true, and you also have to tell them you are thinking of switching to another company :)
 
I'll try posting my question here although it doesn't look like this thread has been active for a while. I'm full on Comcast. Phone, internet, TV. I pay over $180.00 a month for the bundle! And, if that's not bad enough Comcast is supposed to merge with Time Warner making it the biggest conglomerate ... well, for a very long time. I'm in Portland, OR and the only alternative to Comcast is Centurylink and I don't know how long that company will last but I think I'll look into it anyway.

I was hoping someone here knows something about Centurylink and can tell me if they like the service or not. I've heard it would cut my monthly bill in half. Also, do you all still have landlines? If I can get me to use my cell, while at home, then that would take a chunk out of my monthly bill,too.

Lastly, SeaBreeze, you must have the patience of a saint. Dial up? Oh my!! Did you go to broadband or wifi?
 
Know nothing of Centurylink, kaemicha. Tried getting someone, anyone, to speak up about Charter and got nada. Good luck.

As for landlines. Both at&t and Verizon plan to get rid of them within a few years. The normal phone at home will still look the same but will be connected to a cell tower instead of copper wires leading to a central office. Oh, and service will SUCK!
 
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Would like to be able to help, but none of those companies you mention are available to me. But I do feel your pain. I pay $185 a month to Cablevision for the bundled arrangement.
 
I had Verizon business DSL, fastest available in my location. It was passable for regular data use. Replicating my database to my company's server was something best left for overnight. HD movie downloads were out of the question. We finally gave up and switched to Xfinity (aka Comcast), one of their intermediate options. It was literally 10 times faster on my standard speed test sites and we stream HD movies all the time now. I also upgraded our Wifi base station to a new 802.11ac Aiport Extreme and picked up another 20% increase in speed. The latter was due I think to improved signal strength (6 antennas vs.. two before)...many devices went from showing two bars signal strength to 5 bars.
 
kaemicha said:
I'll try posting my question here although it doesn't look like this thread has been active for a while. I'm full on Comcast. Phone, internet, TV. I pay over $180.00 a month for the bundle! And, if that's not bad enough Comcast is supposed to merge with Time Warner making it the biggest conglomerate ... well, for a very long time. I'm in Portland, OR and the only alternative to Comcast is Centurylink and I don't know how long that company will last but I think I'll look into it anyway.

I was hoping someone here knows something about Centurylink and can tell me if they like the service or not. I've heard it would cut my monthly bill in half. Also, do you all still have landlines? If I can get me to use my cell, while at home, then that would take a chunk out of my monthly bill,too.

Lastly, SeaBreeze, you must have the patience of a saint. Dial up? Oh my!! Did you go to broadband or wifi?
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I also have comcast, and have the basic of both cable and internet, and it is about $60 per month. We don't have a regular home phone, just cell phone with verizon, and also the verizon home phone connect, which uses the cell minutes, but works on a regular phone.
I use netflix and amazon for watching movies besides what might be on tv. This works well for me, but we don't watch a lot of the regular stuff on tv.
The only other option we have here is something called WOW, and it is even more expensive than comcast.
 
kaemicha said:
Lastly, SeaBreeze, you must have the patience of a saint. Dial up? Oh my!! Did you go to broadband or wifi?
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I do have a lot of patience Kaemicha, but it's wearing thin. We had some business going on via computer that we wanted to get out of the way before we changed email address, etc. Looking into using WIFI this week, so looking forward to the change.
 
Some day . . . truly fast connections will be the norm. Don't hold your breath. But, it will happen. Well, unless it's the end of the world as we know it and then our major concern will be zombies . . .
 
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I appreciate everyone's input and relieved to know I'm not the only person paying almost $200.00 per month for Comcast services. I will find a way around this!

SeaBreeze, I'm looking forward to hearing how excited you are when you get your faster service. It truly is amazing how much faster everything is when you're no longer on dial-up.
 
I know, I have a library really close to my house that has Comcast Business, and it's super fast. I'm there right now because there was a couple of videos I wanted to see. :eek:nthego:
 
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I know, I have a library really close to my house that has Comcast Business, and it's super fast. I'm there right now because there was a couple of videos I wanted to see. :eek:nthego:
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Good girl! Just stay there and you won't have to pay anyone for internet.
 
No thanks Kaemicha, we'll be getting WIFI soon, and I'll post the update here when it's all hooked-up. :)
 
kaemicha said:
SeaBreeze, I'm looking forward to hearing how excited you are when you get your faster service. It truly is amazing how much faster everything is when you're no longer on dial-up.
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Well, after being messed around for a couple of weeks waiting for the cable company to send me their WIFI modem, and having to go to a local store and pick it up myself. Then not being able to have the service activated by calling their number because they had a problem with the signal...I finally got a tech out here today to see what the problem was.

He went out to our TV cable box, and removed a filter that they used to put on the cable back in the day, before WIFI, etc. Well, after that was taken off, he was able to activate, so I now have the TV and internet. the TV is around $100 a month, and the internet is supposed to bring it to around $127, I'll see what the next bill shows.

Just did that speed test out of curiosity, because everyone I talked to gave me different numbers. It was Ping=15ms, Download=57.04Mbps, and Upload=11.72Mbps. Been enjoying not having to leave the room waiting for a page to upload, and watching some videos I missed out on. :bananalama:

Thanks everybody for your advice on internet connections, and sharing your computer experiences with me! :thankyou:
 
Welcome to the modern ripoff . . . I mean modern world. Your experience getting started is all too typical and the price is just nasty. But . . . here we are. Enjoy!
 
Thanks for the welcome TG, lol! My dial-up service was around $15 a month with anti-virus and everything, so this is almost twice as much, but worth it. Spend a lot less time on the computer now, not hanging around waiting and wondering. Only have the desktop, so I'm not glued to any iphones, tablets or laptops. Not a big fan of modern tech gizmos here, just want the basics. I do enjoy the folks here on this forum, good way to get a few extra smiles and chuckles in daily.
 
I have Time Warner TV and high speed internet. also vonage phone. I bought the wireless phones. basic TV and internet about 75 a mon. vonage 29 a mon. and i do remember those dial up days. glad its gone.
 
I have cox cable's slowest speed and with my PC that is fast enough. I also use their best phone system for only $9 a month for 2 years without a contract, I cancelled my TV service. I don't do contracts. I don't do smart phones, but do have a couple of ipads, a cheap tablet and e reader. I am looking for someone who needs the last two devices. I do have a t moble to go service that runs about $8 a month. I bought a flip phone. Everything is wifi except my printer.
 
I have broadband hooked to a router..House is WiFi..Handles desktop,tablet,Roku and Smart TV.
 

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