maybe in time you will, when I first got them you had to live with in 5 miles of thier office and I was 1 mile off. since then they have added several towers to broadcast from and now its in the entire valley I live in and opening to some of the salt lake valley in teh next few weeks and into reno and elko Nevada as well. its a matter of putting up more towers is all, I have 2 of thier towers with in my line of sight, and 5 tires around the valley. If clear wire takes off and gets bigger, youll soon have other towers around and will be able to get them.Verison here is 60 dollars a month for a slower speed than I got here at 30 dollars.If I were you Id keep an eye on clear wire and wait for them to offer more choices so you can switch.I FUCKING LOVE my internet connection, and did even when I had to pay for it.and sexpert wont be stealing my service as I keep it wep protected at 128 bits. but Iv seen 8 other wireless networks that I can get a signal of 80% or better in my area, 5 of those are open and nto protected at all, those are the idiots that hes surfing off of. or atleast like idiots near to him that either dont know how or that they should set up any encryption on thier wireless network.
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Wireless internet.
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Yeah.. My dad lives in a highrise by Miami. He originally got DSL but then later realized he can scam off the others in his building, so he cancelled the DSL and his landline. He has a cellphone and uses Skype and MSN to chat with family(if needed)
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No, I'm just stating what experiences I've had with both systems; as well as experiences with friends who've had to use the same type of service.Overall, I'd put my vote towards cellular ('wireless') internet over satellite.
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If it was jsut people surfing the net, I wouldnt care so much that they suck off my internet tit, its that if someone actually happens to know even a small amount of computer basics they are in your network and can hack all sorts of shit, any info you have on your computer.because I have too many computers around the house I have to share the c drive on each of them, aside from teh 4 year olds computer that doenst have net accesss unless we unblock it while we are with him to let him play online. once the c drive is shared anyone whos on the network can alter and edit and view all the files you have on that drive. shopping shit, credit information, all that shit not to mention if someone really knows thier shit they can infect you with what ever programs they care to stick away on your drive.When I travel I suck off other peoples networks instead of paying to have a mobile account for my laptop, you have any idea how many people keep home porn on thier system ? I have seen some realy nasty shit. I figure if they didnt want to share they would of protected thier network
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All I know is Iv had DSL, I had cable and dial up, my womans mom has sattellite in the cabin as thats all thats posible to have there, and of all of it I much prefer cost wise and efficency wise my radio internet. I only ever had one serious problem that took me out for a few days, and once more recently someone overloaded the tower I recieve from and I lost my connection for a couple hours.
alarms went off and called people at home, the guy got his ass to work, found the person that was making the attack and shut them off. It took a few hours to get my net back, but I was only christmas shopping and it was after midnight anyways. they still jumped right on it and go tmy shit back up, well mine and a few hundred houses on teh same broadcast center.
I love, fucking love my net, I use it less and less every week, but when I want or need it its fast and reliable. IV had a total of maybe 3 problems in the now nearly 2 years? 2 1/2 maybe years Iv had it.
These fuckers will even give you the first month free with no contract to test drive it before you start paying. still with no contracts for the entire time you wnat it its month to month, with a 60 day grace period for paying the bill.
install is 50 bucks, but if you give a current customer as a reference then you get install free, the first month free as always, and the people you used as a reference get a month free as well.
maybe all radio net istn as great, but the people that run my ISP, kick ass, and give a shit about thier customers.
Not to mention some asshole called my woman, called her a cunt on the phone, she told them to go fuck themselves adn hung up. did she get in trouble? no fucking way, the owner of the company called the customer the next day, told them they didnt need a customer like that, and dropped them from service. They care about thier customers and thier employees. so long as I live where I can have the same company for service Ill neevr switch ISPs.
great fucking people, and maybe thats why my service is so damned great ? they are always ontop of any problems no matter what time of day or night or holiday.
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Nice...too bad more companies don't have the balls to stand up to morons. I work for one like that during the summer months, my boss has stood by me 100% for the decisions I've made and things I've said. I now work for a wuss-company (Big box Generic electronics store) that has this "let's be pussies" to abusive customers. That shit doesn't fly with me, issued customers a refund and told them to leave (Especially if they start abusing the poor 16 year old cashier girls until they cry; they're employees, not your punching bag you twats)
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There is a guy at a checker auto parts store that loves me, always giving me advice and discounts and shit.
I went in to get a part one day, the guy in front of me is telling this poor dumb ass kid that hes going to kick his ass if he doesnt give him some cash back right fucking now, the kid keeps telling him he cant because of no reciept, and its nto a brand that checker carries so it obviously didnt come from them and at absolute best if it was brand they carried and no paper work it would be store credit.
I was in a hurry and got pissed off after about 20 seconds of listening to it so when the guy was screaming to come out from behind the counter so he could hit him I offered to give him a shot at me instead since I was abuot 2 times the size of the checkers guy. The drunk fuck didnt want any of me even though I was just over half of his sidze. He didnt have much choice in the matter though and I hit the fuck head in teh gut, while he was sucking air I put him in a headlock and hauled his ass outside and knocked him down in the snow. by this time the cops had showed up and the kid behind e conter was explaining to them that the drunk rolling around was the problem that the manager had called about adn that I had simply escorted him outside while he was threatening the store.
an idiot employee I can undertand being pissed at, some asshole doing his job is another story, he has no choice, he istn at fault and doesnt need your shit, he gets enough shit in his daily life.
I was broke down about an hour from my house and needed a battery, big money items I still drive an hour to get the parts from him and take my discount tha I never asked for but appreciate all the same.
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Yea I try to help out my customers too; much to chagrin of my employer. I'm more than happy to give free advice to people, instead of being raped by the $150/h in-store tech support people to work on a simple computer problem. Or I'll direct customers to OTHER stores when we don't carry something, or when it's that much cheaper (For example, TV cable; at my work we charge like $30 for 15 feet of cable; at a local electronics store, it's $2.70...my morals just don't allow me to rip off someone that bad)Lol, I make a bad salesman; if I don't believe the product I'm selling is the best deal, I won't sell it. (granted the customers love me, and in the end it increases the number of satisfied customers who come back to the store)