[Discuss] Low Cost Internet?

[Will Rico]

Thank you for all the great responses!  Does anyone know if a DSL
service like https://www.dslextreme.com requires that you also have
voice service?  Is it possible to have DSL without any telephone
service in the home?

Will

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 2:36 AM, Tom Metro <tmetro+blu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote:
>> FreedomPop is using the Clearwire network, as is the new incarnation of
>> NetZero, so comments about Clear coverage will also apply to them.
>
> My understanding is that FreedomPop is/was using Clearwire's network,
> but will be using Sprint's network:
>
> http://www.freedompop.com/about.htm
>
>   FreedomPop's high speed wireless internet service runs on Clearwire's
>   4G WiMax network. The service will expand to include Sprint's 4G LTE
>   network in 2013.
>
> In some parts of the country this roll-out has already happened. For
> example, last week's "Before You Buy" (twit.tv) had a brief review of
> FreedomPop's portable hotspot and service, which they claimed was
> operating on Sprints network there in California.
>
> I checked there site a few months ago and the coverage suggested they
> weren't using Sprint's network in the Boston area at that time. This may
> have since changed.
>
>  -Tom
>
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