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Satellite Internet
Asked by S.R. from San Francisco
on May 2, 2012
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Hey Mamas,
I am helping my FIL decided on a satellite internet provider. Please give me your comments/feedback (good and bad) on Hughes Net or Wild Blue. No other ...
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- I had similar experiences with HughesNet about 5 years ago. Is he able to get decent cell service? If so, you could look into a broadband card or personal wifi.
- We have had both. Hughes Net was more expensive, slower, and the modem was always dying. We were never happy with them. Wild Blue is still slower and more expensive th...
- i don't know wildblue, but i know our years with hughesnet were some of the most awful ever (strictly from an internet POV<G>.) it is horrendously slow, goes out ALL t...
Internet at Work?
Asked by C.B. from Kansas City
on August 16, 2011
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i just have to ask, and please don't take this the wrong way - i would LOVE to be in a job where things were relaxed enough for me to play on the internet througout th...
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- I work at a big package delivery company, and they frown on it big time, and only give access to us folks who need to check the weather, for our deliveries. Or we ca...
- My personal laptop with broadband sits under my desk connected with a KVM switch. :p I don't smoke (some of our smokers spend 15 minutes of every hour smoking, I don'...
- I'm pretty certain NO employer would be happy catching their employees diddling online during working hours. It's not part of professional "multi tasking". However, ...
Internet Service Providers
Asked by J.T. from Provo
on June 30, 2008
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I currently use Qwest for my ISP but I'm looking to switch. I know there are cheaper options out there that give a "bundle discount" for home phone (including unlimite...
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- I recently switched to Bresnan and love it. Of course for us the internet is ten times as fast because we switched from the dial-up dinosaur to Bresnan's. But their p...
- We have Comcast and love it. I believe that comcast has a bundle package for $99 for phone, internet and TV
- We had a bundle but didn't like it. Commcast is our network provider. Vontage is for our phone. But watch it with Quest they are a pain to deal with and will charg...
Home Phone Necessary to Keep Internet Service
Asked by B.R. from Dallas
on June 23, 2008
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Hello Mamas,
I just have a question. As most families, I am trying to cut expenses where I can. We currently have Verizon FIOS for internet and and home phone servi...
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- If you have fiber optic, you don't have to have phone service. We have Verizon FIOS and we cancelled our home phone and kept the internet. I was nervous at first, bu...
- No, you don't have to keep the phone. If you really want a home phone service, you can get a VoIP service (like Vonage). The issue with 911 service and VoIP has been...
- Unless your internet service uses a landline, you do not have to have one. We have wirless and with a cell tower just a block away, we both have cell phones. Howev...
Anyone Ditch the Landline and Go Only Cell Phone?
Asked by C.W. from Detroit
on February 28, 2008
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the only reason we have kept our landline is for the slowwww internet dial up due to the fact we live in the country. now we are going to try a broadband card for hig...
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- The reason I didn't go this route was the children and /or emergencies. What if there is an emergency and there is no phone in the house? 911 can trace the call to y...
- My husband and I have been strictly cell phones for the past 4 years. before that we had both the landline and the cells. The landline was barely used and we felt t...
- I went through the same thing in November. Paying cell bills and telephone bills just seemed a little much. I called the phone company and deleted out long distance, ...
Toddler (2.5 Years Old) Having Night Terrors...
Asked by F.M. from San Diego
on August 12, 2008
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I'm writing on behalf of my sister, who lives in Alaska and is still on dial-up internet (no broadband access way out there) and asked me to post for her. She is havi...
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- My husband had night terrors as a child and still to this day sits up in bed and yells at someone or something and then goes back to sleep, unlike me who's awake for a...
- My daughter has had night terrors before...but, as I understand from our doctor and from reading about them, night terrors are something that a child doesn't remember....
- hi F. sorry, my attempt to answer took off. It sounds like she is having nightmares, not night terrors, with night terrors, they usually wake up rested and don't remem...
Want to Leave Comcast Triple Play (Or Should I Say Triple Pay)
Asked by R.S. from Seattle
on September 23, 2011
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Hi fellow moms. We want to dump Comcast Triple Play. Our monthly bill is like $180 for cable, internet and phone. We don't watch even 10 channels between us. So we'...
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- We are dumping Comcast tomorrow, actually. Everybody has their issues, but we will save and Comcast has been increasingly horrible for everything. My DH is laid up and...
- We don't pay for TV at all. We bought a $40 rooftop antenna which my husband and a friend put up and we get about 30 channels. I found that when we did have TV I waste...
- Ok, we are moving to Clear for internet, using Netflix and Hulu Plus on our playstation 3 and stick to our cell phones - no land lines. 35 for Clear internet 7.99 ne...
Any Experience with Vonage for Phone Service
Asked by T.S. from Dallas
on May 7, 2008
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Does anyone have Vonage phone service? We are currently with AT&T with the unlimited long distance plan for $50+ per month. Vonage advertises $24.99 per month for sam...
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- We have been with Vonage for over 3 years now and are VERY happy with it. Yes, you can be on the phone and internet at the same time, but it cannot be used with a trad...
- I have had vonage for over a year with no real problems. Yes, you can use the phone and the internet at the same time. So far we have been happy with switching to Von...
- I was a skeptic, but after rave reviews from several people we know, we switched to Vonage about 8 months ago and are very pleased! We all of the features we were payi...
What's Everyone Doing to save Money
Asked by W.W. from San Francisco
on April 15, 2010
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I'm wondering what everyone's doing to save money. Tips on going grocery shopping, what are you cutting back on. I want to see if how else I would be able to save mo...
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- I didn't read through all your responses, and am getting to this a little late in the game, but I don't know if anyone mentioned Angel Food? You don't have to qualify,...
- Grocery Shopping - only purchase what is on sale. Clothing - Don't go to the stores unless you have a list and then stick with the list. I purchase everything off...
- If you get your hair colored, you might want to consider doing it yourself. I am SO not the type of person who is good with hair, but out of necessity I recently star...
What Type of Laptop/pc/notebook Should I Get
Asked by J.M. from Philadelphia
on October 24, 2011
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I have a desktop currently, and have a website I'd like to be able to update on lunch breaks, in waiting rooms...so I'd like to sell my PC and get a portable one, so i...
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- You can't go wrong with a Dell. Usually if you go into a Best Buy or Office Max, all the computer geeks who work there are more than happy to help you and get you the...
- I love my dell laptop. You can start off with a nice one for around 400 dollars if you don't need or desire a bunch of upgrades.
- I am normally a fan of Asus laptops, but the one I got last month crashed almost immediately. Now I have a Sony Vaio and I really like it!! My mom had a netbook an...
