Submission + - How to get off of dial-up?
Rakeris writes: I have been trying for years (around 8 now I believe) to get off of dial up, but bugging the phone company (Now AT&T) and pleading one of the local cable companies to expand in our direction doesn't seem to be very effective. T1 is just to expensive, and AT&T is trying to faze out ISDN. As they are charging 110$ per month and 1 cent per minute. (if that isn't trying to faze out I don't know what is)
I've tried wireless internet though Cingular, but it was just far to inconsistent for the cost. (50KB/s one minute and 2KB/s two minutes later) Satellite is out of the question as I like to play games. It's not like I live in the middle of no-where either, barely 5 miles outside of the capital of Illinois.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I might be able to get broadband in my area? (Or just for me)
Any ideas or suggestions would be great!