<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/3/2005 7:30:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianotun= a@yahoo.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>For some folks there are few choices for an is= p</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Including me. Altough we live only 1 m= ile north of the city limits of a town of 200,000, we're stuck with 26K dial= -up. I can't tell you how slow that is once you've used cable. Cable stops a= t the city limit, and a mile north of us. We're too far away from = a telephone repeater to get DSL. We seem to be outside of the range of two w= ireless towers by a few hundred yards. Satellite costs $600 up front and a 1= 5-month commitment at $60/month, and I don't know anyone who has it, so I ca= n't ask how happy they are. Anyone used either wireless or dish?</FONT></DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>