Hello Richard. I honor the help you have given to other users on this List. Good work!
On 10/08/2018 06:23 PM, David wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 06:25, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
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>> I have no LAN.
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>> I've a low cap.
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> Using the word "cap" suggests that you have an internet service provider.
True
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> How do you connect to that service provider?
The same way as for decades via a "modem" (quotation marks significant).
That was not how my ISP describes it. T-mobile sells it as a WiFi
Hotspot which is served by the cell network [the WiFi is turned off].
T-Mobile is the company I use for my Cell Service. When my area of Carrboro, NC received spotty T-Mobile Reception, they "provided me", with no cost, a two-piece Gadget, to enhance Cell Service in my area. (Of course, my Broadband situation is different, as I have Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable). I actually have a reasonable relationship with T-Mobile Support.
Are you using a "Tether-like" scenario, called a "Mobile Hotspot" for your Internet access? (I do this when I travel).
When my former ISP discontinued dial-up service I chose not to use a
connection that physically restricted me to a physical point of service.
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> What is the make and model of the equipment that provides the connection
> to that service provider?
The manufacturer is Alcatel. No model number is visible.
Wow! Not even fine print?
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> How do you connect your computer to that equipment?
USB port.
Actual Tethering?
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> How many ethernet ports, if any, does that equipment have?
None.
Wow!
Anyway, I feel your pain, as one who has tried to access Networks in rural areas.
How is your Home Phone Service?
Thank you and best regards,
Kenneth Parker