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Jet102fm
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30 Apr 2011, 8:40 pm

What do you guys think is a popular internet service or might be good to subscribe in the future when I can move into my own apartment?



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01 May 2011, 6:42 am

Do you mean Internet Service Provider?



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01 May 2011, 6:50 am

Jet102fm wrote:
What do you guys think is a popular internet service or might be good to subscribe in the future when I can move into my own apartment?


stay away from 3g wirless I have varied results with it. But more often than not it's can slow to a crawl!



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01 May 2011, 12:02 pm

bigbadbeast2007 wrote:
Jet102fm wrote:
What do you guys think is a popular internet service or might be good to subscribe in the future when I can move into my own apartment?


stay away from 3g wirless I have varied results with it. But more often than not it's can slow to a crawl!


Depends on what you do with it. For text it is okay. Youtube etc is difficult...


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03 May 2011, 6:11 pm

Burzum wrote:
Do you mean Internet Service Provider?

You knew better, didn't you?



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03 May 2011, 7:21 pm

USA?

Stay away from sprint, verison, quest...

Go with a land based "cable" internet with unlimited service. There is usually just one about everywhere... "shaw" "cox" .. etc.

Quest is resale, if you purchase something from them it comes with someone elses logo on it usually. Or comes with a quest logo but its usually someone else's service. Plus they are evil.

Where as a kindle 3g has free internet, and t mobile tends to have the best cell based internet (price to functionality) in my opinion.



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04 May 2011, 4:44 pm

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04 May 2011, 4:45 pm

It depends what's in your area. Cable is usually fairly good (but I've heard horrible things about Comcast), DSL is the next best option and is offered by most phone companies..


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05 May 2011, 12:22 pm

If you live in the eastern US, Time Warner Roadrunner is probably the best. Aside from the mention above, I've also heard bad things about Comcast, and know nothing about Cox.

Avoid DSL if at all possible, I've done DSL helldesk work, and it's very problematic.


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