Networking Poll

I use a Wimax connection :)

Most of my household's machines are on Cat-5. Yes, we have a WAP, but only for the toys (Wii, DS-Lites and Windows).

I didn't want cable TV and the phone company wanted me to pay for a landline or else make a two year commitment. I'm a renter. No commitments here. I have a little bitty WiMax router that goes anywhere. It works for me.

@caitlyn

That's got to be hellish on downloading distros.

@JaseP: Not at all. The speed is comparable to what I got with a low end cable modem connection. Downloading a 4GB DVD image takes about five hours. I am on an unlimited plan so I don't worry about using that much bandwidth at all.

Maybe the cable company is really bad in your area, but I've actually been pretty pleased with Cox Cable in my area. The internet cost isn't dirt-cheap ($46/month; I only have internet service, no TV), but it's very fast and pretty reliable. No commitments I can recall. It's one of the few things I like about where I live, and I hope my next move doesn't take me to someplace where Comcast is the only choice.

Here Time Warner is the only choice for cable. Last I heard it was really expensive unless you also bought their digital cable offering, which is also really expensive. I have no need or desire to change ISPs at this time.