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06-15-2009, 06:53 AM
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Need least expensive way...
to have internet and television service in Cherokee County.
Any suggestions?
Hughes Net for internet is seventy dollars a month.
Anything less?
Thanks.
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06-15-2009, 07:23 AM
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If that is for standard cable (CNN, History, ESPN, etc) and high speed internet (3-5 Mbps), then there is nothing wrong with that price.
Is it $70 for only internet? Then that is too expensive.
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06-15-2009, 09:20 AM
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Sounds about right to me. It's a rural county so you're not going to have much choice, unless you have a satellite uplink.
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06-15-2009, 09:24 AM
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Least expensive - something like Netzero, dialup, and over the air tv, maybe Netflix. Go into a city to use free high speed at one of the bread places or a library.
High speed? If you are rural, choices are Hughesnet and WildBlue, MAYBE a G5 cellphone connection eventually. Directv.
This is one area of life where you pay more by living in the country. Since you don't pay for other services like sewer or maybe water, it sort of balances out.
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06-15-2009, 10:16 AM
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Wild Blue...
is not available in that area. Hughes net it is I guess. Yes that is just internet, no TV.
I will have to look in to satellite for TV.
I do have a water bill but no sewer bill.
Thanks for all the help.
This is why I feel the internet is almost a necessity.
Lauri
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06-15-2009, 09:20 PM
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DougLauri--do you know your phone service provider yet? This is a strange area when it comes to phone service. We have Century Tel (out of Louisiana of all places).
When we moved here about three years ago, we had to use dial-up, resigning ourselves to this one inconvenience of living in a rural area, thinking it would be years before we got real internet service. Six months later we get a notice from CenturyTel asking if we're interested in DSL to be installed soon. We leaped for joy and said yes!!!! We had DSL within a month's time.
So check with your phone service provider, they may offer DSL; if not right now, perhaps in the near future. I know there are areas in Cherokee county that have DSL, I just don't know where exactly or if it's in Gaylesville. I hope DSL finds you soon!
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