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[Joanne929]

What do you use for your internet service?
At home I have dial-up (so slow!), but it's only $21/mo. I called my cable provider and they have an intro. price right now of $24.95/mo for 3 months, but I would have to upgrade my cable service (I have 'classic' but need 'gold' or digital which would cost another $10-20/mo) and after the 3 month intro. period, the "high-speed internet service" goes up to $42.95/mo

What??!! I just can't justify doubling my provider but hate how slow dial-up is! And the cable company is the only provider in our area for DSL (or cable or whatever it is!) right now - no Verizon (yet?!?).

[DopeyGirl]

We have DSL now . . . we had cable when we lived in Maine. We had a satellite dish so we only needed basic cable to have the cable internet. Our bill altogether for that was around $40.

Since we moved to Florida, we got DSL through BellSouth, which is our local phone company here in Pensacola. We started out with the least expensive DSL they had and it was just as slow as dial-up, so we upgraded to the next highest and it was slow at times as well. We got a mailing not too long ago telling us that they were starting an even faster DSL program (called DSL Xtreme) and it ran for $49.95 per month but since we have our local and long distance through them, we get a $10 per month discount. So, for local phone, unlimited long distance and DSL Xtreme, plus the plethora of taxes and fees, we end up having a $115-$120 bill from BellSouth per month. (It seems a little steep, but I just tell myself that it is 3 things rolled into one bill and they add too much tax to things!!! Plus, if you divide $115 by 3 it is around $38 per service, so it doesn't look SO bad then!!!)

We are very glad we have our DSL though, because it doesn't tie up the phone line!!! Lately, I have been on the phone with my sister talking about her wedding and it has been nice for her to say "Go look at such-and-such site" and I can click right over to see it, instead of having to write everything down and "look at it later"!!!

[DISNEYGOOF]

We have dial up at home and my DH has DSL at work. He
gets frustrated at home with dial up but I don't know
any better so it's ok for me

[Teresa]

We have cable. We had to have the whole house re-wired, as our old lines were not able to handle the digital. (It was okay, as I also wanted HBO so I could watch 6 Feet Under, and it is only available in digital here)
I have no clue how much we pay for our cable, it is billed through the cable.

[BritDisFan]

We have high speed broadband in our house, our service provider is Pipex, I'm not to sure what it costs a month, I think it's roughly £20.00.

Karen

[Colexis Mom]

We've been having this debate as well. At home, we have dialup, and after being on high speed at work, it's quite a shock to the system. Most times I can live with it though, and for only $21 a month, it's reasonable.

We've been debating about switching to cable, but that's at least $40 a month. We actually had the guy come out once, but we didn't have our virus software up to date, so he couldn't install it We've just never gotten around to doing it again!

[BostonTeaParty]

We have Comcast, which is cable. It is more expensive. Between that and the microwave I've become a very impatient person.

[CRCrazy]

We just switched over from dialup, at $20/mo, to Verizon DSL which is about $35 more a month. For us, it was well worth the money. Not only is it faster, it doesn't tie up our phone line! With 2 teenagers in the house - the computer and the phone are in constant use!

No cable available here yet, although I think they just upgraded our cable yesterday to digital capabilities, so maybe it will be here soon!

[karmic]

We have cable- it's about $30 a month

[Jennifer2003]

I'm in the same boat. I have dial up...it's SO slow. We want DSL, but it's not available in the area. Drive 7 minutes into the city of Buffalo, though, and the phone company (Verizon) offers it.
If we were to call the cable company, it would be very expensive because we have Dish Network!

ARGH! I sometimes miss my job because of the T1 line!!!! If I'm desperate, I go to my mom's...she's got cable for her internet!

[JoanW]

I've had Comcast for about two years now. However, we can write it off our taxes because of DH's job and his need for it during off hours.

The kids are on dialup because we need to get them wired, and who had time to run either cables or get new wireless cards (and pay for it too!).

It is not cheap, but so worth not having the phone lines tied up!

[GATechGal]

I've had the Bellsouth DSL for several years now and just love it. I think it runs around $49 a month, but I too write it off as a business expense. I finally got my dad to convert to DSL lite from dial up and it's like night and day for him.

[loobyoxlip]

Dial-up here. I frequently go to my moms so I can use her cable

[wdwlovers]

We have dial-up. DH has looked into DSL/cable, but we just can't justify the cost right now. I don't mind using dialup and he mainly is onthe net at work (he's a computer programmer, so he can go online while he's working )

[Teddysmom]

We have Verizon DSL and I love it. A few months back we had to go back to dial up for a few days and I was lost. It costs around 30-35$ and it billed right in with our phone. Joanne, Verizon hasn't gotten to Kingston yet huh? How frustrating. I liked the DSL better than the cable b/c I too have the old, analog style system and the upgrade and continued charges were way more expensive than DSL. Verizon usually has an offer for new customers to get the hardware and first month for free too! The only cost for us was an initial start up fee of 35$(I think) and then the monthly charge. Well worth it in my opinion.