in cary...
because my broke ass cant afford it much longer

3/31/2007 10:01:09 PM

clearwire

http://www.clearwire.com/

i have it in my car and it works like everywhere in cary, raleigh, and durham.

3/31/2007 10:18:39 PM

hows the speed and pricing?

3/31/2007 10:44:07 PM

it's more expensive and slower.

4/1/2007 12:24:58 AM

Can't go to the website to see for yourself?
$25/month is nice if you don't subscribe to phone or cable (like my broke self)

4/1/2007 12:58:14 AM

^its only 25 bucks a month WITH a two year contract, for the lowest service tier. and then only for the first three months, then it shoots up to 34.95 a month

Road runner is $29.95 a month for the first 6 months with a 50 dollar rebate, it's 5 times faster downstream, and you have NO contract. You can call and cancel after 6 months and sign up again for 29.95.

4/1/2007 1:47:11 AM

http://www.google.com/tisp/

4/1/2007 3:04:31 AM

→

4/1/2007 3:07:51 AM

AHAHAH THAT GOOGLE SHIT ROCKS

4/1/2007 3:32:30 AM

I have yet to hear of a good alternative that works as reliability and as fast as RR. If you find one, please post it. Otherwise, you can spend 2 hours a week with a sign on Hillsborough saying "please help me pay for high speed!" if you need the $$$. There are ways of saving money and there are ways of wasting time trying to save money. This falls in the second category.

4/1/2007 10:02:02 AM

RR Lite is $24.95/mo.. 768K download, works great for normal web surfing.

4/1/2007 5:34:51 PM

^^
thanks for your valuable input.
wasted time eh? so youre saying regardless i should suck it up and pay for RR when i personally might not know of the alternatives...

i guess this is 30 seconds of my life ill never get back by typing up this thread lol

4/1/2007 9:44:16 PM

^
Leave the trolling to a minimum. If you find an alternative that works well, post it and get props.

4/1/2007 10:24:53 PM

In Cary = Many houses near by

Unsecured networks?

4/1/2007 10:28:43 PM

A comparable alternative would be amazing... TWC is the most expensive monthly bill I have.

4/1/2007 10:44:37 PM

FIOS ftw


Faster download and upload, cheaper

4/1/2007 11:12:16 PM

I thought road runner was 30 bucks ON TOP of existing cable fees? Not everybody wants to pay for cable. otherwise rr is close to 50 bucks a month.

4/2/2007 11:58:18 PM

with my basic cable its 47 a month for RR (not including the cost of the cable tv)
and thats just fucking ridiculous

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 6:14 AM. Reason : ha]

4/3/2007 6:13:38 AM

RR Lite is what you are looking for.

4/3/2007 8:35:50 AM

RR is $34.95 a month without cable. We've had it for uh... almost 2 years at that price. No deal or anything.

If you can't afford $34.95 a month you need to get your ass a better job or stop buying so much cigs/beer/drugs

4/3/2007 8:40:31 AM

^ How did you get that deal?

4/3/2007 8:42:17 AM

yeah seriously

RR regular is definitely like $44.95/month without cable and under no promotion...usually

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 9:03 AM. Reason : .]

4/3/2007 9:03:34 AM

I've yet to pay more than 29.95 a month for RR when I've paid the interweb bills. That's been at least 3 years.

Call-cancel-turn it back on, works like a champ.

4/3/2007 10:31:05 AM

RR Lite or DSL Lite. I rock DSL lite and get ~768 down and also ~768 up

4/3/2007 8:30:48 PM

^^I had the 6 month deal going on. If you call and cancel, do you have to turn in the modem, wait for them to hook it up again, etc? Or can you call, cancel, and immediately call back and get it turned back on?

4/3/2007 8:45:43 PM

Not the best option, but cheap if you have Cingular. Get the MediaMax 200 bundle (unlimited data) for your phone ($20 / month) and tether it to your computer via USB. Wireless internet everywhere you can get a signal. If you get a 3G phone and hang around Raleigh most of the time, the speeds won't be that bad.

4/3/2007 11:13:59 PM

How quick is the turnaround if we cancel RR and put in under another name. I can't stand forking over $54 (taxe$) for fucking RR every month.

I'm considering going with RRlite as well. Anyone use this, and how much slower is it for "normal" stuff (no big downloads, just surfing around)

4/4/2007 6:43:34 PM

^ Shouldn't notice a hit for normal web browsing. After all, the upload from normal to RRLite only drops from 384kbps to 256kbps.

4/4/2007 8:16:39 PM

Sweet. We're getting hitched next weekend and will be gone for about a week. If nothing else, I can just upgrade back to roadrunner if it's too slow.

4/4/2007 9:43:45 PM

I'm surprised nobody brought this up...
For $20/month, many wireless providers have an "Unlimited Data" plan. So if you live in a 3G service area, you can get better speed than RR Lite just by using your phone as a bluetooth or USB-connected modem. Of course, if your phone doesn't support 3G, it'll be more like dial-up.

5/6/2007 2:26:32 PM

^and once your cell provider sees you actually abusing the pseudo-unlimited plan they will switch you to all data for about 99 a month.

Email/Aim/casual browsing sure. You can't use it as your primary connection without getting flagged.

[Edited on May 6, 2007 at 2:30 PM. Reason : at least sprint does]

5/6/2007 2:29:53 PM

^ Yeah, it's that nasty fine print that'll get you. They reserve the right to fuck you over if you're actually using their plans in an unintended way like that.

5/6/2007 2:32:12 PM

maybe they shouldn't cripple phones and make service across the country crappy.

5/6/2007 5:47:42 PM

how much usage does it take for the cell companies to notice and shut you down? will an hour or two of normal web browsing a day be noticeable?

5/7/2007 7:30:51 PM

i just upgraded to rr business class. $79.99/mo for 8mb down, 1mb up at home

5/7/2007 11:21:06 PM

^I ended up canceling Business Class RR $89/month and going with Premium RR at my parents house. Now they only pay $60/month and get a faster speed. The benefit of Business Class is the separate tech support among a few added bonuses that the average small business will never use.

5/7/2007 11:26:34 PM

^when i worked there, business still did not get an SLA - which i think makes it stupid to get business

schools and such used to get high end business contracts w/ twc (fiber) and still no SLA...

5/8/2007 1:22:46 AM

^^ don't have premium rr in wilmington to my knowledge

5/8/2007 8:32:28 AM