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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 6/23/2006, you wrote:
> We have no DSL or cable here...only dialup....no broadband either..my
> only ISP option other than my dialup phone line is something like
> Starband, which I cannot afford at something akin to $100/month.

WiFi would not do you much good other than a home network for sharing files 
and printers.



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> ..my
> only ISP option other than my dialup phone line is something like
> Starband, which I cannot afford at something akin to $100/month.

We pay about sixty per month for Hughes satellite, which bought out 
DirecWay. Chris says there is a plan available for about forty per month.