Then visit their sites to see how much the monthly service is. I hate, hate, hate Xfinity-Comcast, but that is their phone customer service-which you hopefully won't need to deal with much (I often go into their store instead to talk with them). Their service to your house folks are good, as are the people (generally) in their stores. So, if they are in your area and end up being fairly reasonably priced, see what they can arrange. They will send out someone to install a router and teach you what is involved to get your computer connected. Be sure to ask them what to do to reset the router after a power outage or some other issue.
That's Xfinity-Comcast, but depending on your needs (and I'd recommend against bundling a bunch of services like cell, tv, wifi--unless you really need them) there may be services provided by your local city or certainly other alternatives.
Were you on AOL dial-up still? Yeah, that is going away, but their email system is NOT. Just checking.
On EDIT: CTYANKEE, I'm assuming you have some other means for tv services and weren't trying to stream a lot (which would be hard on dial-up). Depending on your needs for that then wifi is really probably your best way to go. But an option would be to use your cell phone (assuming you use a smartphone) as a wifi "hotspot" just to be able to go online on your laptop or desktop computer to post, peruse the internet and get email, etc. Depending on the answers to the former, you might just go into your cell provider's stores and have them advise you. For example, if you have a IPhone and use AT&T, they can add hotspot services fairly reasonably and readily show you how to connect to it (you could even bring a laptop to a store and let them show you). Good luck.
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