I really don't like our local cable company (Cox, "The Used Car People").  I got particularly enraged with them last month when they told my client, confined to a bed in a nursing home, that he had to visit the office to stop service to the house he just sold.  So I asked around for advice, and several people told me they are using 5G Home Internet.  I didn't realize those phone signals were so strong and steady. But last week my Verizon receiver was delivered to home (it has its own phone number!) and so far it has been working well. Faster than the cable, actually. Even with a couple house guests watching videos and playing online games.  

But Verizon is not available at my office, which is in the center of the largest capital city in the country.  The only service available is AT&T, for which you can find hundreds of negative reviews online.  Most of those, though, involve mobile phone or fiber-optic cable installation.  (AT&T is the network for Consumer Cellular, which ropes in a lot of AARP adherents.)  They don't require a contract, so I ordered their service, and the box will be delivered next week. 

The monthly difference in cost, both at home and at the office, is nearly $100.  

Meanwhile, I am concerned about what to do for a backup.  But this afternoon, I figured out how to tether my office desktop to my Verizon phone.  The speed isn't that great, but it works.  (It's allowing me to send this.)

Is anyone else using 5G for home and/or office Internet service, rather than cable?  I don't subscribe to any of those channels that the cable companies like to bundle.  But even if I wanted one, most of them are available on an individual basis.  Or I could borrow a password.  That's legal, right?