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Hi guys!
One of my friends got a new Vista laptop and is so excited about it, but there is only one problem, she doesn't have an ISP. She has no phone or tv and I can't think of one to suggest to her. What ISPs do you think are good? She lives in New York City, Flushing. Thanks in advance!
 

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Can't help with recommending any as I live on the other side of the pond but if she doesn't have a phone line has she looked into using mobile Internet.

I don't know what the situation is like over there but here a few of the mobile phone carriers also do mobile Internet, you get a dongle that plugs into the laptop and pay a fee per month and are allowed so much bandwidth.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
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    HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-bq0xx
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    AMD A9 Stoney Ridge Technology
    Motherboard
    HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel Unknown (?-0-0-0)
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    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz) 512MB ATI AMD Radeon R5
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    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Aud
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    Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
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    1920 x 1080
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    119GB SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 (SSD) 931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA
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    Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse
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Joan Archer said:
Can't help with recommending any as I live on the other side of the pond but if she doesn't have a phone line has she looked into using mobile Internet.

I don't know what the situation is like over there but here a few of the mobile phone carriers also do mobile Internet, you get a dongle that plugs into the laptop and pay a fee per month and are allowed so much bandwidth.
Click to expand...

She's looking for a cheap and easy solution. She needs a simple connection. She won't be using it a lot also, so there's no point in paying $50.00USD a month. Any suggestions? I don't think mobile internet is right for us.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Apple MacBook Pro 13inch
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.26GHz
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    2GB DDR3 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M @256MB Dedicated DDR3 VRAM
    Sound Card
    Intel High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Laptop: 32 bit Color LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    HITACHI HTS545025B9SA02 250GB (Internal) IOMEGA PRESTIGE PORTABLE 500GB (External)
    PSU
    N/A
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    N/A
    Mouse
    No-Button Aluminum Trackpad w/ Mouse Gestures
    Keyboard
    Black Chiclet-Style Keyboard (Standard US) with Backlight
    Internet Speed
    T1
Comcast Broadband, I am paying 36 a month for a 6 Mb connection.

At&T has what they call Lite DSL, I think is somewhere around 768 or less for about 20 bucks but I don't know if they will require a land line as well.
 

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    EVGA 780i SLI FTW... Latest Bios & Drivers
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    Corsair Dominator 8GB (4 x 2GB) PC2-8500C5D
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    EVGA GTX260
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    Realtek High Def Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 22" LCD Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Velociraptor 160GB Samsung Sata 750GB Maxtor External 160GB
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling 750w Silencer
    Case
    Thermaltake Speedo Advance
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    Air Cooled... See CPU
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    Logitech G7
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    Logitech G15
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    Comcast 6MB Broadband
    Other Info
    Linksys WRT54G router
Computer Age said:
Joan Archer said:
Can't help with recommending any as I live on the other side of the pond but if she doesn't have a phone line has she looked into using mobile Internet.

I don't know what the situation is like over there but here a few of the mobile phone carriers also do mobile Internet, you get a dongle that plugs into the laptop and pay a fee per month and are allowed so much bandwidth.
Click to expand...

She's looking for a cheap and easy solution. She needs a simple connection. She won't be using it a lot also, so there's no point in paying $50.00USD a month. Any suggestions? I don't think mobile internet is right for us.
Click to expand...
In that case I think she'll have to have a phone line installed unless she can go with Sky or Virgin something like that but I think they need a phone line.
Can't offer any more help than that, sorry.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-bq0xx
    CPU
    AMD A9 Stoney Ridge Technology
    Motherboard
    HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel Unknown (?-0-0-0)
    Graphics card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz) 512MB ATI AMD Radeon R5
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Aud
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    119GB SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 (SSD) 931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA
    Mouse
    Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Internet Speed
    62.86Mbps down 18.19Mbps up
    Other Info
    EPSON78D0CF (XP-332 335 Series) (Default Printer)
Joan Archer said:
Computer Age said:
Joan Archer said:
Can't help with recommending any as I live on the other side of the pond but if she doesn't have a phone line has she looked into using mobile Internet.

I don't know what the situation is like over there but here a few of the mobile phone carriers also do mobile Internet, you get a dongle that plugs into the laptop and pay a fee per month and are allowed so much bandwidth.
Click to expand...

She's looking for a cheap and easy solution. She needs a simple connection. She won't be using it a lot also, so there's no point in paying $50.00USD a month. Any suggestions? I don't think mobile internet is right for us.
Click to expand...
In that case I think she'll have to have a phone line installed unless she can go with Sky or Virgin something like that but I think they need a phone line.
Can't offer any more help than that, sorry.
Click to expand...

its ok. BTW, we don't have Virgin or Sky here. We have:
Cingular
Verizon Wireless
T-Mobile
AT&T
Nextel
and Sprint

Me and her have T-Mobile and they just went 3G. Also for AstaLaVista I will check the services out.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Apple MacBook Pro 13inch
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.26GHz
    Motherboard
    ?
    Memory
    2GB DDR3 RAM
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M @256MB Dedicated DDR3 VRAM
    Sound Card
    Intel High Definition Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Laptop: 32 bit Color LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800
    Hard Drives
    HITACHI HTS545025B9SA02 250GB (Internal) IOMEGA PRESTIGE PORTABLE 500GB (External)
    PSU
    N/A
    Case
    N/A
    Cooling
    N/A
    Mouse
    No-Button Aluminum Trackpad w/ Mouse Gestures
    Keyboard
    Black Chiclet-Style Keyboard (Standard US) with Backlight
    Internet Speed
    T1
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