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I could be wrong, but I think Embarq, formerly Sprint, is it.

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It is a monopoly. Embarq, formerly known as Sprint, as mentioned above has the only phone service in this area. John R is correct that MediaCom offers phone service in their package, but they use Embarq as the provider. While I am not 100% certain, I believe MediaCom is the cable provider in Seacrest, and as noted Embarq would be the only phone company for DSL.

Want it be great in a few more years when we can all have high speed internet service via cell towers through our ... wait a minute. You can! I know that Alltel has the smart phones such as Blackberry, which you can use as your internet modem, for a fee of course, anywhere you can receive a cellular signal. I believe the monthly charge is around $60++ on top of your regular Blackberry/Alltel account. There are other smart phones which Alltel carries outside of the Blackberry line, which will save you about $8-$12 per month by not having to go through Blackberry's service. Note, when online via the smart phone, you cannot use that particular phone for calls. However, you can opt for a second phone at an additional fee, which would allow you to make cell phone calls while online. Yes, this would allow you to plug your laptop/desktop/tablet pc into the smart phone and have unlimited internet service. 

Truly not a bad price, especially for people who cannot have highspeed access due to location. As it is, the price is not much higher than being wired in at the moment, and as more consumers move away from land lines and move toward smart phones, I think we will see a big push to this service and the monopoly phone and cable companies will become dead industries. They are busy screwing themselves right now and the gov't is helping them do it.

It is a monopoly. Embarq, formerly known as Sprint, as mentioned above has the only phone service in this area. John R is correct that MediaCom offers phone service in their package, but they use Embarq as the provider. While I am not 100% certain, I believe MediaCom is the cable provider in Seacrest, and as noted Embarq would be the only phone company for DSL. 
 
Want it be great in a few more years when we can all have high speed internet service via cell towers through our ... wait a minute. You can! I know that Alltel has the smart phones such as Blackberry, which you can use as your internet modem, for a fee of course, anywhere you can receive a cellular signal. I believe the monthly charge is around $60++ on top of your regular Blackberry/Alltel account. There are other smart phones which Alltel carries outside of the Blackberry line, which will save you about $8-$12 per month by not having to go through Blackberry&#039;s service. Note, when online via the smart phone, you cannot use that particular phone for calls. However, you can opt for a second phone at an additional fee, which would allow you to make cell phone calls while online. Yes, this would allow you to plug your laptop/desktop/tablet pc into the smart phone and have unlimited internet service. 
 
Truly not a bad price, especially for people who cannot have highspeed access due to location. As it is, the price is not much higher than being wired in at the moment, and as more consumers move away from land lines and move toward smart phones, I think we will see a big push to this service and the monopoly phone and cable companies will become dead industries. They are busy screwing themselves right now and the gov&#039;t is helping them do it.

"High-speed internet via satellite" is not all it is cracked up to be.  ;-) 

However, I have found that if you do most of your important internet stuff (like SoWal!) between two and three o'clock in the morning, it runs much faster then.  :sleeping: :razz:

&quot;High-speed internet via satellite&quot; is not all it is cracked up to be. ;-) 
 
However, I have found that if you do most of your important internet stuff (like SoWal!) between two and three o&#039;clock in the morning, it runs much faster then. :sleeping: :razz:

Well, I said satellite, but I guess the cell service is actually through Cell Towers, not satellite. However, as often as I get cut off on the cell phone in my house, I couldn't rely on it for internet sevice at this point in time. Perhaps in a few years, cell coverage will be much better. That said, there are plenty of houses in which my service is great, even on overcast days.

Well, I said satellite, but I guess the cell service is actually through Cell Towers, not satellite. However, as often as I get cut off on the cell phone in my house, I couldn&#039;t rely on it for internet sevice at this point in time. Perhaps in a few years, cell coverage will be much better. That said, there are plenty of houses in which my service is great, even on overcast days.

spinDrAtl

Our cable is provided through the HOA so that is not an option at this time.  Is it true that mediacom does NOT offer a separate service for phone/DSL outside of their cable package?  Or did I read that wrong?

[quote="spinDrAtl, post: 190350"]Our cable is provided through the HOA so that is not an option at this time.  [B]Is it true that mediacom does NOT offer a separate service for phone/DSL outside of their cable package[/B]?  Or did I read that wrong?[/quote]That is the way I understand it.

<blockquote class="xfBb-quote" data-name="spinDrAtl">Our cable is provided through the HOA so that is not an option at this time. Is it true that mediacom does NOT offer a separate service for phone/DSL outside of their cable package? Or did I read that wrong?</blockquote>That is the way I understand it.

Okay, I've got Nuvox in my condo and they continue to be unable or unwilling to offer any high speed internet services to residential customers.  They only say 'we offer to business only.

Does anyone know who else offers local phone service in Seacrest, or is this pretty much a monopoly?  Thanks.

Okay, I&#039;ve got Nuvox in my condo and they continue to be unable or unwilling to offer any high speed internet services to residential customers. They only say &#039;we offer to business only. 
 
Does anyone know who else offers local phone service in Seacrest, or is this pretty much a monopoly? Thanks.

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