I'm not sure what internet cafés think of megabyte downloads, but they require only a laptop with a USB WiFi transceiver. DSL from cable television and big phone companies used to be very expensive. However, I subscribed to community network in town. Its DSL provider is a little company. I've chosen the US$25 a month plan for DSL 'modem', free setup, 1.5 Mbps downstream, 384 Kbps upstream, dialup, Unix shell access, 5 Mb Web space, 5 e-mail addresses (POP3 or IMAP), 10 GB of Usenet a month, free LAN advice from the CEO. However, I'm painfully considering shelling out an extra $10 a month to double my bandwidth, just so I can stream NetFlix at DVD quality. (Why then can't I cancel my television cable provider?) The community network offers free courses on creating personal websites, &c. Here's an organization I've belonged to for years and can recommend: DSL Reports http://www.dslreports.com/
I can go to college and download some smaller apps there as they limit your download speed, and that's the only reason my netbook has it. I would like to put it it on my desktop as that is really my main computer. And I actually mean I have no options at home for any sort of broadband. Price isn't the issue, it's availability. There are no options other than my crappy dialup which maxes out at 16-20kb/s (2-2.5KB/s) download. It's horrible but all I have. As soon as I move though I'll make sure that there is broadband access . And please don't mention satellite. Worst rip-off in history as far as I'm concerned.
