Desperate need of Internet DSL advice needed....

[shadowkat]

I called Time Warner Roadrunner Service about a cable modem - to see if I could get one. Turns out it has to be connected to the TV cable and that won't work since the TV is across the room.

Also I have to install it myself. Also won't work. Live in an apartment - the cable for the TV snakes through a hole in the window cell, across the ceiling down a wall and to the TV. Plus cable has gone out three times last year so far.

So I called Verizon DSL - who informs me that I have to switch from Sprint to Verizon in order to get their DSL service. Phone service is currently Sprint.
Verizon would be cheaper, but no voice mail (that's extra ) - so actually the same amount. Also it's all self-install and requires some sort of Internet card (whatever that is) to attach the DSL Modem to the computer. So not sure my computer can handle it. Computer is 128 Ram, 32 bit.

What should I do?

1. Get a new computer (expensive - also a bit dicey regarding delivery, no one
here during the day.)
2. Switch phone services and get DSL, attempt to install, get the Internet Card? DSL is $29.95 a month. Can I even install this myself?
3. Try to get Time Warner to install cable modem. Cable Modem is 44.95 a month.

Or continue to live without for a while longer?

Any advice on this mucho appreciated.

Comments

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

My TW cable modem is under the desk, and my TV cable box is on the other side of the room.

So you can get two outlet connections? I know it was a hassel getting them to do my TV cable - they had to climb out the fire-escape and everything. So I have a feeling they'd want to do a splitter. Which I used to have on the DTV connection, but it was taken off - because my connection kept going out on me.
But if I could convince them to set up a separate cable modem away from the TV...that might work.

Oh they are willing to install but for an additional $30. If you do it yourself you get three months free.
Apparently they hate to install these things.

[herself_nyc]

I don't know about two outlet connections, I just know that my modem and my cable box are not next to each other. I had the modem first, actually, and only subscribed to cable TV much later.