[Cialug] OT: Cheapest Internet

[Tim Champion]

Not sure about the 500MB amount, but my 14 inch HP Chromebook had 200MB per
month of T-Mobile 4g data for free.  Here's one for $230
http://www.amazon.com/HP-14-Q039wm-Turquoise-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B00KTHV9UY/ref=psdc1_t1_B00FGOTBQO_B00KTHV9UY

Ankeny has pretty good t-mobile 4g coverage.

Tim Champion
timchampion at gmail.com

On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:

> You can find chromebooks with 500mb free per month, and pay as you go with
> reasonable rates.
>
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi, my wife’s grandmother, in her mid-80’s, is getting upgraded. She has
> > an old tower Windows 98 or ME computer with giant CRT. We just moved her
> > into a small condo in Ankeny and I’m giving her a laptop.
> >
> > She’s been fine for over 80 years without the Internet, but she did say
> > she’d like to try it sometime. Really, she just uses the computer to play
> > card games. I was thinking that if she had the Internet she could play
> more
> > games and maybe even do other things like check the news and try out
> social
> > media.
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions on super cheap Internet that doesn’t require
> a
> > long commitment?
> >
> > Yes, I checked, none of her neighbors has wifi, so I can’t offer them a
> > little money to piggy back off of their Internet.
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