local ISPs

[sandbag]

Hey, does anyone have any recommendations for ISPs here? I'm on an Earthlink dialup right now, but I need broadband once we move into our house. Any suggestions?

 

[EthanK]

I use Time Warner Roadrunner. $35 a month for thr first 6 months, $45 after. Not bad, although I ran into a problem with service once or twice when they had installed the wrong filter. They pro-rated the time we were without service though, so that was kinda cool.

 

[sandbag]

Do you also use them for your phone service?

 

[EthanK]

No, I went the cell phone route and didn't get a land line at all. Verizon's got much of NC covered and I didn't want to be paying for a land line when I wasn't going to be home enough to use it. Not sure who to go through for phones.

 

[Matthew Krevat]

I use RoadRunner, but not the phone service. My phone bill is less than their flat rate.

My parents are a few miles away and do use their phone service. Haven't had any problems with it.

 

[Frank Gondorchin]

I use RoadRunner, but that requires having Time Warner for cable. Whoever provides cable to your neck of the woods should also have a cable modem option, which is likely to be a thousand times better than whatever DSL would be available.

As for local phone, I use Vonage. $24.95 a month gets me unlimited calling in my area code plus 500 long distance minutes (which I never come close to using) and all the calling features under the sun. I haven't had a single problem with it, it hooks right up to my cable modem and I never have to think about it, and it's so much like a regular phone that I don't even realize I'm not dealing with the phone company.

(If Vonage looks good to you, PM me and I can refer you and get you a free month's service.)

 

[sandbag]

My wife signed up with Time Warner for internet and cable. They are checking to see if phone service is available on post. If they don't, I'll go with Vonage; my coworkers have warned me about Sprint.