Nothing for something

We just recently cancelled our AT&T Cable Internet deal and went to DSL with a cool ISP, Sonic.net. Here’s another reason not to patronize AT&T: they want to charge you for something you can do for free today 80211Planet – News: AT&T Broadband Offers Home Nets The networking is to be installed by the user. … Continue reading “Nothing for something”

We just recently cancelled our AT&T Cable Internet deal and went to DSL with a cool ISP, Sonic.net. Here’s another reason not to patronize AT&T: they want to charge you for something you can do for free today 80211Planet – News: AT&T Broadband Offers Home Nets

The networking is to be installed by the user. In addition to paying $45.95 per month for the basic broadband access and cable modem rental, users must pay $4.95 per month for each additional network node.

The extra nodes are currently free, of course, as long as they’re behind your NAT box. There’s one born every minute, apparently.