Thanks Guys, I love,love,love this place! I got so many great things after Christmas and can't wait to go back and look at all of your pics of stacking plates (yeah, I found a set after going to every store in Lynchburg!!!!), tablecoth,napkins,napkin rings, and the most BODACIOUS silver reindeer set I've ever seen (one sitting and one standing) regular $39.99 ea and I got both for $20.00!!! I must stop buying Christmas stuff and get a digital camera and the program so I can post pics to share with ya'll 'cause you've been so good to share with me and welcome me into the family. Betty

Dahlia - I use satellite internet (WildBlue - through Dish Network) and it is OK. It was my only option other than dialup. Kids needed a faster connection due to online classes, so I upgraded to the mid level WildBlue package. Be prepared for a large up front fee (I went with WildBlue because it didn't have that large fee and free activation at the time - I am not sure about now) All satellite internet providers have a usage cap. It is called FAP or Fair Access Policy. It limits how much data you can upload or download. Hughes has a daily cap. WildBlue has a rolling 30 day cap. Once you hit your cap, the speed gets throttled back to basically dialup speed or lower. If it is just you and you are not a heavy user - you will never notice. You will NOT be able to stream video (Netflix, etc.) and you will not be able to do a lot of YouTube watching, etc. - but some. It is noticeably better than dialup - but it is 3X the cost for me. You will probably have to commit to a 2 year contract also. Make sure you know up front what you are getting.

As Bob said, a check in never dial a connection, and if you see Earthlink there, remove it. I found Earthlink in the registry 6 months after I used the add/remove to uninstall. The way I found these was with RegSeeker, 'Find in registry' & 'Search for' and typed in Earthlink. or if you wanted, start/run/regedit/edit/find/type>earthlink

it's been atleast 10 yrs we've had cable modem, i could not live w/ anything else lol. 2-3yrs before that we had DSL i'd never even go back to that, i would pay up for satellite which is close to what we pay for cable modem. i'm looking into going to sprint aircard which i've had for work in the past, if we can get it cheaper that brighthouse roadrunner. my DH attends college full time and uses more than 1G a week to view some of his lectures online and we must be on atleast cable modem for that. it has 15 minutes lag time to view, so if you don't have medium grade cable modem (high DSL level) you can not watch the courses and get no credit for it. basically you can not be a college student these days w/o a fast internet connection. my DH has had to take exams online, submit 4G projects, all homework is done online, view classes as well as participate via webcam in courses. our whole lives involve the internet, we bank, manage investments, communicate, do research, alot of our shopping is online etc... we have multiple laptops w/ printers & 2 desktops as servers w/ wireless everything, it's the only way to live ~ liz