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      Wireless from Dial-up?

      When I move to the Country this summer, I'll be losing my high speed internet. A lot of my electronics use wi-fi. Can I hook up my router to my dial-up and have connection or am I screwed?
      My husband also thinks there's a way to use dial-up to connect to one of his computers in town and then use the high-speed from them. I'm not sure how or even IF that would work.
      Any suggestions?

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      Yes and no. Yes, there is a way to use your dial-up connection wirelessly, but the speed is not worth it. It would be impractical at best.

      No, you cannot use dialup to access an office network and make use of their high-speed connection. Or rather, it is possible, but less than pointless. Regardless of their connection speed, your connection speed is still limited to 56k at most, so if anything it would just slow you down further with extra routing and requests.

      I would suggest looking into something like Wireless Hometown in your area, or satellite internet.
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      Thanks for the answer and the link. Unfortunately Satellite internet isn't an option for me. My daughters doctor thought about getting it at one time but it would've cost her something like $300. a month!

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      Quote Originally Posted by Zhaylin View Post
      Thanks for the answer and the link. Unfortunately Satellite internet isn't an option for me. My daughters doctor thought about getting it at one time but it would've cost her something like $300. a month!
      You should be able to get satellite through WildBlue or HughesNet for around $50-$60 a month, actually. The setup fee is what's so high.

      I'm probably going to have to go with that, myself.

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      Ooooohh, thanks for the recommendation! I will definitely look into those!

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