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Wireless Internet options



I have looked at them in the past, and the monthly fee sounds very 
reasonable. But there is a $1500 install fee... ouch! That would be ok is I 
was a business, but as a consumer that is a BIG chunk of change. I wonder 
if they have any specials? I filled out the form, so I'll see what they 
have to say.

Drew

At 09:11 PM 8/20/02 -0400, Wizard wrote:
>If you are planning on sharing the cost with neighbors, then you might
>consider a wireless broadband provider like TowerStream
>(http://www.towerstream.com). It looks as though they cover your area, and
>if you could share the 512k connection with 7 other folks you'd get
>comparable rates to most DSL providers ($50/point). The big issue would be
>who would sign the contract.

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