# High speed internet options?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-speed-internet-options/596108>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 12, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-speed-internet-options/596108 "2011-09-12T23:22:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-speed-internet-options/596108/1 "2011-09-12T23:22:54Z")

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I moved to a new place but the options for internet here are not very good.

I can only get 784k from AT&T for DSL which seems very low. They claim they don’t have any more slots for anything at a higher speed. Cable and Uverse are not available here.

My landlord has 3 Mb from AT&T so I am using his router but that is just a temp solution.

Is 784k even worth getting from AT&T? Is going wireless with Verizon , AT&T a better option?

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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-speed-internet-options/596108/2 "2011-09-13T00:14:14Z")

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The internet at my grandparent’s is only slightly better, hovering around .86 Mb/s. It gets the job for just about everything. I can even watch netflix, provide i’m patient enough to let it buffer for 20-25 minutes or so.