2. Internet Service Options
Providers in the Crossville Area
Plans and Prices
PPCUG
19 July 2010

3. Purpose Background What your service options are
Awareness of provider options
Information for making decision
Prices do not reflect promotions
Constantly changing
Suggestions, ideas

4. What ? ISP = Internet Service Provider DSL = Digital Subscriber Line
Wi-Fi = Wireless Fidelity
CATV = CAble TeleVision
VoIP = Voice over Internet Protocol
1000 Kilobytes = 8 Megabits, Mbps
Quantity Speed

5. Internet Connection Options
Dial-up
Satellite
DSL
Cable
Wireless-Cell
Hotspots

6. Options, Choices, Decisions
Location
Speed
Cost
Reliability
Promotion & Bundles are confusing and hard to comprehend

7. Internet Connection Types
Dial-up connections-economical, minimal hardware, only need a phone line, slow, cannot get phone calls
DSL-splits phone line into data and phone, talk and surf at same time, always on, hardware cost
Cable- speed, always on, may not be available

8. Internet Options Dial up High Speed NetZero AOL Copper.net PeoplePC
VolFirst
Earthlink
Juno
High Speed
Cable
DSL
Satellite
Wireless
Hotspots

9. Dial up ISP Casual internet user Telephone tied up while on line
Connected only when in use
Many choices in providers
National dial in numbers for travellers
Your telephone company does not have to be your ISP

10. Cheap(er) Dialup ISPs
Earthlink: (931) Crossville, unlimited access, 8 s, phone support, $150/year
Juno Platinum: 2GB storage, unlimited access, $131.40/year
Copper.net: (931) Crossville, $89.88/year, unlimited, support, 1
PeoplePC: (931) Crossville, 4 , $155.40/year
AOL: (800) only, $119.88/year, unlimited, 1 , limited support

11. Free Dial-Up Internet Option
NetZero/Juno/United Online-10 hours/month, multiple addresses, local access numbers, easy signup, no obligation, not for Mac
(931) Crossville
(931) Crossville

12. VolFirst
Unlimited dial up $17.95/month ($215/year), 8 , 10 MB web space, &
Q. Is Firewire Broadband available to everyone? A. Ideally, customers must be less than 12,000 feet or approximately three miles from their central office or remote serving terminal to qualify for Firewire Broadband service.
Plan prices range from $24.95 to $69.95/month

13. High Speed Option Providers
Frontier
Comcast
Charter
Spirit
ATT
Verizon
Sprint
HughesNet

14. Unbundled High Speed Options
Comcast: $64.95/month, 12Mbps down, 2Mbps up, 7 , 10G web space
Frontier: $57.48/month, 2-year, wireless modem, 8 , 3Mbps down, 384Kbps up, 25M web space
HughesNet: $69.98/month + $99.00 one time, 1Mbps up, 128Kbps down, 5

15. Comcast
Economy Internet Service: $ Mbps down, 384 Kbps up, must subscribe to CATV or voice
Performance: $ Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, must subscribe to CATV or voice
Performance Plus: $ Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, must subscribe to CATV or voice
Cheapest CATV plan is $29.95/month

16. Frontiernet FrontierFast—up to 3 Mbps $49.99/mo +$4.50 equipment fee
Frontier dial up--$34.99/month + $4.50 modem
Frontier Internet Lite—up to 768Kbps $39.99
FTR stock pays 0.75/year dividend, 2/3rds owned by Verizon

17. Comcast & Frontier Internet only
Comcast: 6 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up $ $5.00, special 1st 6-months $29.99
Comcast: 8 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up $ $5.00, no commitment or termination fee
Frontier: 3Mbps down, 384 Kbps up $ $4.50, 12 month commitment

18. A T & T (931) 707 or 484
Unfortunately AT&T DSL Service is not available in your area.
We will continue to evaluate our AT&T DSL Service and remain committed to providing leading, next generation high speed Internet services for today's consumer customers.

19. Spirit Broadband $32.95 for 1Mbps $37.95 for 3Mbps $42.95 for 6Mbps
Service area ?, Reliability?, Support?

20. Charter Services Lite: 1Mbps up, $19.99/month
Express: 8Mbps up, $29.99/month
Plus: 16Mbps up, $39.99/month
Max: 25Mbps up, $54.99/month
Ultra: 60Mbps up, $99.99/month

21. Mobile Internet
ATT: $60.00/month for 5GB + $0.05/MB over, 2-year, 3Mbps down,
Verizon: $59.99/month for 5GB + $0.05/MB over, 1Mbps down, 600Kbps up
Sprint: $59.00/month for 5GB; "It's fast enough that you could replace your DSL or Cable internet service with Sprint Mobile Broadband. It's that fast.."

22. AT&T Plans new 7 June DataPlus—200Mb of data; $15/month
DataPro—2 Gb of data: $25/mo. + 1Gb/$10.
Tethering—DataPro + $20/month
Free Wi-Fi at 20,000 hot spots in US

23. Examples Application Approximate Size
(1 text page without attachments) KB
Word Document (5 text pages) KB
Typical Web Page KB
Low Resolution Digital Photo KB
PowerPoint Presentation (20 pages text & light graphics) MB
1Graphically intense pages or pages with video can exceed 3MB.

24. Verizon options for Unlimited Data:
These data packages are additional to voice plan.
Monthly Mbyte Allowance Monthly Charge Per MB rate after allowance
0 MB $ $1.99
25 MB $ $0.20
Unlimited $29.99
Data package of $9.99 or higher are required for 3G Multimedia phones, and Data Packages of $29.99 or higher are required for 3G Smartphones

25. Sprint 3G Network 3Mbps peak- 600Kbps to 1.4 Mbps average
5GB in up & down
$59.99/month
No 4G here

26. Wi-Fi Hotspots Village Green shopping mall Fairfield
McDonald's, Arby's, Subway
Art Circle Public Library
Day's Inn
Plateau Travel Plaza
Cumberland Medical Center
Here

27. magicJack Transfer current land line phone number in August
Computer must be on with active Internet service, but voic & call forwarding will work with computer off
$39.95 plus S&H, then $19.95/year local and long distance
Not for dial up or satellite internet

28. Consider a Free email account
Gmail—Google
AIM Mail—AOL
GMX Mail
Yahoo! Mail
Gawab.com
Inbox.com
Windows Live Hotmail

29. Opinions Wean yourself from your ISP's email-
Casual user with laptop: dial-up with accelerators and hotspots
Comcast Performance service w/TV $73/mo
Give VoIP a try
Take advantage of Specials/Promotions even from you current provider