[PLUG] Wireless broadband and Linux...

[Michael C. Robinson]

Comcast is expensive.  I pay for my cable Internet every month and at
the end of the 1st year, even if I drop digital voice service, I'll
probably pay more.

Yeah Comcast is reasonably fast, no it is not cheap.  I don't like the
games Comcast plays with special offers where it's cheap in the
beginning and excruciatingly expensive 6 months to a year down the road.

At least the basic phone service is cheaper than CenturyLink basic line.
Forget the deluxe phone service.

So one question I'm asking is, what kind of backup broadband service do
I want, if any, in the future?  Another question I'm asking,
will that be wireless broadband?  I own my cable modem and was thinking,
I can disconnect and later reconnect service...  Trouble is, for how
long will the current Arris TM722G be the ideal cable modem to have?
I'm hovering just below $64/month right now and will be till Christmas
probably.

I really don't have any complaints about Comcast service overall, just
the price bothers me.

So I see that Sprint offers wireless broadband in the Portland/Scappoose
area and AT&T of course has some offerings as well.  There's Verizon,
but I think Verizon equals expensive.  Pay as you go could be
attractive, but I see ripoff big time.  For pay as you go to be
attractive, it has to be purchasable in one month increments and should
be preferably less than $60/month for a reasonable amount of time online
to unlimited time online.  Also mandatory, no contract and no automatic
re-enrollment.  If voice service can be thrown in with the wireless
broadband, great.

What I want to know is what works with Linux as far as wireless
broadband is concerned?  What doesn't work with Linux?  If I'm going
to be paying $60/month or more for broadband staying with Comcast,
can I get portable broadband for the same price or less?

SO far using google I'm haven't been impressed with what I've found out.