Lil, Ouch! Does not sound like it will be better than dialup. How do you ever get anything downloaded? How is hubby doing now that he is back home? Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilian" <lilian.oswaldocruz@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 9:44 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: high speed internet > Hi all, I have been away this week... hubby had a bad hypo on Sunday and > was > in hospital until yesterday. > > About Sandi´s radio connection, I have it here and although mine does not > work well it is still a better option in places where you can´t get ADSL. > > GMan, you are right, they gave Sandi a PCMCI (???) card which is for a > lap/notebook. If she wants to use it on her desktop the company should > have > given her an external modem (with directional aereals), which is to be > plugged into the computer (with an USB). A cd comes with it which installs > the program for the internet provider. > > I wish Sandi good luck and hope hers will be better than mine... Whereas > the > speed is not too bad the connection is dreadful, falls every 3-4 minutes > and > interrupts any download I am doing. It has been hellish all these months, > but thank God broadband has finally come around and next week I should be > having it installed!!! > > Lil > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------