Intranet Reviewed:
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Charter- BEST VALUE MOST EXPENSIVE: Charter is a good company but I must warn you about several things. They can get pricy and they try to throw in all kinds of bundled packages you may or may not need. They provide good service, depending on the talent of the person hooking it up. My service was not installed correctly originally but they were good about sending a technician out to my place and fixing it. Once Charter fixed the problem it worked excellent. I am using ATT now and for about ten dollars more than Charter's basic rates, I have faster intranet. While ATT does not have as good a router, compared to NetGear's by Charter, it still works great while hardwired. I had some issues with ATT when I did my first install and went wireless.
Charter is the most expensive and if you can get them to sell you intranet without buying a package it is the best service there is. However, as always in life, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR!!! CHARTER IS EXPENSIVE BUT AT LEAST IT WORKS WHERE AT&T WILL NOT!!!!!!!!! Charter has excellent phone service so there is no need for ATT anymore. You can chose one or both but let me tell you, you will pay more for Charter but it is so worth it!!!If you want to get signed up without the hastle please email me and I will give you my friend's phone number and he can set you up with a service. Please use the subject of "need Charter services." He is a great friend and he will set up your service without all the hastle. Email me if you are anywhere from Red Bluff to Shasta Lake City California. Charter just came up with a new 1 Meg speed service for around $23 which though the speed is comparable to Clearwire the price is at least $10 cheaper. With this option and the fact Charter does phone service too as well as TV there are not too many reasons to chose another company. I know for me I will be setting up all of my new clients with this service. AOL- This service is slooooooooooooooooooooooww as well as NetZero. It seemed to outperform NetZero in that it actually worked. NetZero keep trying to redial and reconnect when it wasn't supposed to.
NetZero- If you are poor as ever this is just the ticket but don't fool yourself, it is slooooooowwwww. Though I experienced problems with NetZero you can get free service by purchasing Cosmi programs as each new program comes with a free month service. I understand that some people have continually purchased Cosmi softwear and had free service everytime they purchased a new Cosmi software program.
ATT- ONE OF THE WORST MOST RUDE SERVICES EVER!!! With ATT you will have to work all the bugs out yourself when you experience them. Note the wording when. You darn near have to be a computer technician to fix some of their problems. ATT has awefull phone support so be prepared to spend hours on the phone. I can't rate ATT over Charter or the other way around. That will depend on how they treat me. I will be giving ATT my URL to this web site so they better treat me better than they have so far. I am leaving this site with high marks for now until I decide the way they treat me on my billing problems I experienced. If they do me dirty the wording here will reflect the changes. Today October 6th I managed to get a Windows ME hooked up to DSL despite the fact that the computer stated that it was not possible. This computer now works well and the speed is adequet. It took several tries until we finally managed to get a technition that was able to help us. I spent about 45 minutes going through the computer with him after making four previous phone calls. ATT does not have real good support service however it costs a lot less to hook up intranet than through Charter. Though Charter costs more, if you are not a technition you will have a better chance at success through them. Right now I am still having trouble with my intranet service and have had to reset the modem several times. I have not called tech support because the problem takes too long to solve and I do not have hours of time extra on my hands.
I have had so much trouble with AT&T. I will never ever ever ever ever use AT&T ever ever ever again!!! Their tech support is non-existant, they are extremely rude, you will talk for hours with them and get bumped around for hours not getting anywhere. Half of the time the cut you off on the phone. The modem I am using right now only works half the time. I HATE AT&T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Right now AT&T is trying to fix their service but I think they have permanently lost this customer... AT&T's service is some of the most rude service ever!!!I told AT&T about this site and no one even cares. They figure they can jerk people around all day long and still make money. Well I have news for them, my GOD is bigger than AT&T and if a company thinks they can bully a person around because they are the only company I have news for them. Like I say my GOD is bigger than their company and they are not doing people right at all. My service still continually messes up and they never even respond to my complaints. NetZero did all they could to keep my business and they were great after I told them I was leaving. If I could go with Charter I could but we don't have Charter service here. BOTTOM LINE IS AT&T STINKS AND IS DEFINITELY NO MATCH COMPARED TO CHARTER, CUSTOMER SERVICE IS THE WORST, AND THEY DON'T EVEN CARE THAT WORDS DO HURT BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY ARE SO POWERFUL.Clear Wire- Clear Wire actually sells a modem and you recieve the intranet from a tower so it is essentially wireless. When the weather varies so does their performance and signal. The price is higher but if you are travelling this might be just the ticket. I often wondered how the performance would be if I used a 12 volt to 110 volt inverter and jumped the voltage up so I could use it in a vehicle. I think it would work in a moving vehicle however you will need to be where there is service. The modem supplied only recieves a signal depending on how it is turned.
Phones as servers- I currently use Metro PCS and they do not have a service that allows their phones to work as servers. BlackBerries do but you will need to pay additional service and you will need new hardware. Before purchasing a cell phone you might want to check the capablities for using it as a server. Note this will drain your phone batteries quick!
