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March 9th 08, 11:34 AM
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wireless broadband
Can anyone tell me if it's possible and economical to have wireless broadband
without having a fixed land line connected because i'm sick of paying the line rental on a phone that i just about never use. I sometimes think we pay through the nose for communication that's not really up to speed in Australia. 
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March 9th 08, 11:47 AM
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will wrote:
Can anyone tell me if it's possible and economical to have wireless broadband without having a fixed land line connected because i'm sick of paying the line rental on a phone that i just about never use. I sometimes think we pay through the nose for communication that's not really up to speed in Australia. This is really up to your DSL/phone provider and country/state's regulations. Just very recently here in the US it became possible to have a DSL connection from AT&T without having a landline. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time since I don't use DSL and I want a landline, but I believe some sort of legal process was involved. If you're interested you could Google for something like "AT&T DSL no landline". So this really isn't a Vista issue, hardware or otherwise, but is something your ISP would need to provide. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
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March 9th 08, 12:12 PM
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Thankyou Malke. I didn't think it was a vista issue however. Perhaps i have
misunderstood the reason for this site. Is this site only for discussing issues with Windows Vista? I thought it was just a community discussion group. Pretty embarrassing for me hey! "Malke" wrote: will wrote: Can anyone tell me if it's possible and economical to have wireless broadband without having a fixed land line connected because i'm sick of paying the line rental on a phone that i just about never use. I sometimes think we pay through the nose for communication that's not really up to speed in Australia. This is really up to your DSL/phone provider and country/state's regulations. Just very recently here in the US it became possible to have a DSL connection from AT&T without having a landline. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time since I don't use DSL and I want a landline, but I believe some sort of legal process was involved. If you're interested you could Google for something like "AT&T DSL no landline". So this really isn't a Vista issue, hardware or otherwise, but is something your ISP would need to provide. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
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March 9th 08, 01:18 PM
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will wrote:
Thankyou Malke. I didn't think it was a vista issue however. Perhaps i have misunderstood the reason for this site. Is this site only for discussing issues with Windows Vista? I thought it was just a community discussion group. Pretty embarrassing for me hey! There is no need for you to be embarrassed. This is not a site but is one of the many public Microsoft newsgroups; it only looks like a site to you because you're accessing the group via the terrible web interface. This is the worst way to do it. Instead, set up a newsreader - very easy to do. See below for full explanation of what this group really is and how to set things up. The MS public newsgroups are for technical help with the various Microsoft products, so none of MS groups are really a "community discussion group". For that sort of thing, you want a *real* web forum. I highly suggest Computer Haven (www.computerhaven.info) or the AumHA forums (http://aumha.net/index.php?c=12). Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it. Here are some links to information about newsgroups: About Usenet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation of newsgroups Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader: http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on Usenet http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting Other Newsreaders for Windows: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird http://gravity.tbates.org/ http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ http://xnews.newsguy.com/ Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
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March 9th 08, 03:30 PM
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This is great information. Thankyou for your help Malke. It's people like you
that make the internet a whole lot more enjoyable for old dumb arses like me. Be nice to get a couple up on my daughters soon:-) "Malke" wrote: will wrote: Thankyou Malke. I didn't think it was a vista issue however. Perhaps i have misunderstood the reason for this site. Is this site only for discussing issues with Windows Vista? I thought it was just a community discussion group. Pretty embarrassing for me hey! There is no need for you to be embarrassed. This is not a site but is one of the many public Microsoft newsgroups; it only looks like a site to you because you're accessing the group via the terrible web interface. This is the worst way to do it. Instead, set up a newsreader - very easy to do. See below for full explanation of what this group really is and how to set things up. The MS public newsgroups are for technical help with the various Microsoft products, so none of MS groups are really a "community discussion group". For that sort of thing, you want a *real* web forum. I highly suggest Computer Haven (www.computerhaven.info) or the AumHA forums (http://aumha.net/index.php?c=12). Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it. Here are some links to information about newsgroups: About Usenet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/ http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation of newsgroups Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader: http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm How to Post: http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on Usenet http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working properly http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting Other Newsreaders for Windows: http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird http://gravity.tbates.org/ http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ http://xnews.newsguy.com/ Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
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March 9th 08, 08:28 PM
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will wrote:
This is great information. Thankyou for your help Malke. It's people like you that make the internet a whole lot more enjoyable for old dumb arses like me. Be nice to get a couple up on my daughters soon:-) You're very welcome but you're not to call yourself names. Just because you don't know this tech stuff doesn't make you dumb. We all have our areas of expertise. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
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