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Which ISP (Internet Service Provider) are available in the Villages? We are using Bellsouth here and it has always worked well for us.

As far as I know, you have COMCAST (broadband), Embarq (DSL) and the Villages.net (dial-up) and of course AOL.

If you want a dial-up service, there are many choices. When I moved to the Villages, I kept the same dial-up service (Poetworld) I had used for many years in Cincinnati. All I did was change the access phone number my Village computer dialed to a local number. Poetworld had many "local" numbers so when I travelled, I took my laptop with me and just changed to whatever phone number was local for the area I was in; thus no long distance charges.

I've since upgraded to broadband but a Villages friend continues to use Poetworld. He has absolutely no problems with it.

There is no contract to sign; you pay by the month. Monthly fee is $7.95 for 200 hours (you'd have to be on the computer over 6 hours each day to eat up 200 hours). You get 4 email addresses.

I have no connection to Poetworld - and no, you do not have to be a poet! - I'm just a very pleased past customer. They were very courteous when I cancelled my account and gave me absolutely no flak about doing so.

Note, however, that if you want a computer connection to the Villages tee time system and used Poetworld (or another "outside" ISP), then you would have to pay an extra $8.00 per month for the connection.

Here's a link to their site:

http://poetworld.net/