Pray for me: No Internet at Home:-)

[Teacher Terry]

It is probably cheaper in Europe because in general many people make lower wages then in the States.

[Packy]

I have an alternative, because I am tired of paying the price for internet from that Big Mama Company that they broke into several Big Companies, back in the 80's. What I will do is buy a wifi laptap, okay? Then, I will go the the Lirrarry(Bibliotheque), and use their wifi. There is a coffee shop in the same building, not owned by the lirrrarry. There are tables out in front. I was by there at 10:30 at night, and a guy was sitting at the table out front, using a laptop. I am just assuming, don't know for sure, that he was accessing the wifi internet inside the facility. If so, that would be good. I may do that. Wish mee luck. $100/mo, in my pocket & not theirs.

[jp1]

Nearly universal access?

Yes, near universally slow and expensive access. At least compared to many other countries.

http://consumerist.com/2015/03/25/ne...f-competition/ And then there's this guy's perspective. Thankfully this isn't me...

[Reyes]

Yes, this will take planning:-) At home I have a slip of paper to list the things I want/need to do on the internet. Fortunately I do have it at work so can jump on the internet during lunch, I teach a couple nights at the local university and can do stuff before/after class, and I live a couple blocks from a grocery store that has it and a few blocks to the library. I'm surrounded by free internet availability:-) And no, I don't have a smart phone.

[Tradd]

My u-verse service went kaput overnight. Not sure why, resetting modem hasn't worked and I don't feel like dealing with tech service in India right now. I'm on my new iPad with Internet tethered to the new iPhone. I used that when I was out of town last weekend and it worked well.

I'm wary of using free wifi due to security issues of passwords being transmitted over unsecured networks.