HI-speed internet

[frannieb]

What does that exactly mean. I have a laptop and our rental includes hi speed internet but do I end up pirating from someone close by or is it the same as I have at home.
I heard that all rentals on the villages 4 rent must include hi speed internet. Any comments. Thank you.

[Schaumburger]

What does that exactly mean. I have a laptop and our rental includes hi speed internet but do I end up pirating from someone close by or is it the same as I have at home.
I heard that all rentals on the villages 4 rent must include hi speed internet. Any comments. Thank you.

frannieb, I'm not a computer expert, so someone pls. correct me if my explanation is not correct. High speed means you are connecting to the internet at a higher speed than in the "olden" days of ten+ years ago wheh many people still connected to the internet using a dial up modem through their telephone lines. I have rented twice this year from landlords on www.thevillages4rent.com. When I rented in July, my landlord said I would be tapping into a neighbor's internet connection unless I wanted to go to the nearest rec. center to access the internet. The rental I am in now has a high speed modem and router in the rental house (they are in the 2nd bedroom), so this time I'm not tapping into a neighbor's internet connection. So I don't know if it is true that all rentals listed in thevillages4rent.com have to have a high speed internet connection in the house. My rental in July did not.

[borjo]

I have my renters use my high speed with DSL router. It's like using a laptop in the same house only it reaches next door to them. I give them my WEP number. They can't get in my computer, I don't share any files. We just share the internet connection but it is still secured so someone else can't get internet my internet for free, just my lucky renter!

[Mikeod]

Wow. If the rental includes high speed internet, I would hope there is a modem and router in the home. To tap into a neighbors internet connection without their knowledge or permission is stealing their bandwidth.

[rhood]

Just being a good guy, I allowed a renter to tap into our router for the month they were here and the data transfer they used was over what Comcast allows us. No more. They want access, they go somewhere else.

[memason]

Just being a good guy, I allowed a renter to tap into our router for the month they were here and the data transfer they used was over what Comcast allows us. No more. They want access, they go somewhere else.

I wasn't aware that Comcast had any data limits. Is this true??? Anyone else have data limits on Comcast internet?

[wendyquat]

Just because they have a modem and high speed internet does not mean it's wireless. You have to add a wireless router to get wireless. That's what we did in our rental.

[JeffAVEWS]

Frannie,
To get answers to questions like this google How stuff works, a great learning tool for just about anything.
lot's of good info there presented in a understandable way
Jeff

[borjo]

Mikeod, our internet was secured and shared with our permission like me using another laptop. Not a problem.

[Blackie]

I wasn't aware that Comcast had any data limits. Is this true??? Anyone else have data limits on Comcast internet?

Comcast has a 250GB monthly data allowance, this has been in effect for some time.

You can read all about it if you Google "Comcast data cap." (Posting the link doesn't work).

You can check your current usage by logging in to your account, as described in the information in the above link.

[getdul981]

Link doesn't work. BTW, we have had Comcast for years and have never heard about over using the internet connection. We use it A LOT!!

[Schaumburger]

Link doesn't work. BTW, we have had Comcast for years and have never heard about over using the internet connection. We use it A LOT!!

Are Comcast usage limits referring to people who download lot of music or TV shows or do heavy duty gaming? I'm on my Comcast account at home an average of 10-12 hours per week, and I've never gotten a warning from Comcast. But usually I'm just web surfing, e-mailing, download a few songs occasionally or occasinally download a TV show from I-Tunes.

[mgjim]

Just being a good guy, I allowed a renter to tap into our router for the month they were here and the data transfer they used was over what Comcast allows us. No more. They want access, they go somewhere else.

I find it interesting that someone would rent in Paradise for a month and all they did was download stuff from the internet. If I were going to exceed any monthly limits in TV, it would be number of golf balls hit.

[quirky3]

I find it interesting that someone would rent in Paradise for a month and all they did was download stuff from the internet. If I were going to exceed any monthly limits in TV, it would be number of golf balls hit.

"I know what you mean, Jelly Bean"! :beer3:

[memason]

Well, I guess data limits ARE used at Comcast. Just another reason not to use them. CenturyLink has NO data limits....

Link to the explanation on Comcast's website:

http://customer.comcast.com/Pages/FAQViewer.aspx?Guid=3ca5420c-75b0-439c-b8bd-16d89157c333

[asianthree]

our last two renters asked us to turn off our wifi since they only use their phones and ipad for internet. hot spots are now the way to go and travel anywhere

[VillagesFlorida]

our last two renters asked us to turn off our wifi since they only use their phones and ipad for internet. hot spots are now the way to go and travel anywhere

Hot spots can be very dangerous and I don't use them. I would much rather be on a secured wireless network any day. My computer is on from the time I wake up in the morning until I go to bed, if I am at home. I have been with Comcast for 7 years with no problems at all.

[Schaumburger]

Just being a good guy, I allowed a renter to tap into our router for the month they were here and the data transfer they used was over what Comcast allows us. No more. They want access, they go somewhere else.

It is unfortunate that your previous renter abused your generosity. When I have rented in TV (I just left TV yesterday), I only used the landlord's wi-fi to check my e-mail, look up driving directions on Mapquest for open houses in TV, to log onto TOTV and look at other web sites. I didn't download anything while using the landlord's wi-fi.

[rhood]

The 250G that comcast allows is a huge-huge amount and it includes both uploaded and downloaded data. Normal usage won't even approach that much. A downloaded movie is probably less than 4GB so you would have to download over 50 movies. My normal usage is less than 25GB a month.