Because customer needs vary, Browse4Less offers several subscription options:
- Basic - For residential customers with
one Windows or Linux computer
- Advanced - For residential customers
with a Mac or an Ethernet home network
- Business - For business customers
with one or more computers
1: Browse4Less Broadband Basic
For residential customers with one Windows or Linux computer.
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Hardware requirements: |
-Computer with USB port
-600 MHz CPU or faster (1 GHz recommended) |
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Software requirements: |
Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP or Linux |
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Bandwidth usage1: |
1.5 Gigabyte/month1 |
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Email addresses: |
2 |
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Setup fee: |
$50 |
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Optional installation fee2: |
$50/hr (waived if self-installed) |
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Equipment fee: |
$265
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Service fee: |
$25/month |
2: Browse4Less Broadband Advance
For residential customers with a Mac or an Ethernet home network.
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Hardware requirements: |
-Ethernet port on each computer
-Ethernet Router (if using multiple computers). |
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Software requirements: |
None |
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Bandwidth usage1: |
2 Gigabyte/month1 |
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Email addresses: |
2 |
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Setup fee: |
$50 |
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Optional installation fee2: |
$50/hr (waived if self-installed) |
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Equipment fee: |
$349
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Service fee: |
$45/month |
3: Browse4Less Broadband Business
For business customers with multiple computers.
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Hardware requirements: |
-Ethernet port on each computer
-Ethernet Router |
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Software requirements: |
None |
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Bandwidth usage1: |
5 Gigabytes/month1 |
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Email addresses: |
10 |
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Setup fee: |
$75 |
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Optional installation fee2: |
$75/hr(waived if self-installed) |
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Equipment fee: |
$399 |
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Service fee: |
$89/month |
1 Metered Bandwidth and Bandwidth Usage
Each subscription option uses metered bandwidth. Excessive uploads
or downloads in a given month will result in the following additional fees
for that month (1GB=1,000MB ...or about 300 MP3 songs):
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Gigabytes
per month |
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Additional
Residential Fee |
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Additional
Business Fee |
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0GB-1.5GB |
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(Included) |
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(Included) |
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1.5GB-2GB |
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$5 |
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(Included) |
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2GB-3GB |
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$10 |
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(Included) |
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3GB-4GB |
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$20 |
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(Included) |
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4GB-5GB |
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$30 |
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(Included) |
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5GB-6GB |
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$40 |
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$10 |
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(and so on...) |
To give you an idea of what 1GB is, it would take about 300 MP3 songs
to fill up 1GB.
Bandwidth abuse (excessive uploading and downloading of large files)
consumes a great deal of operational resources and requires frequent (and
expensive) upgrades for any Internet service provider. National averages
show that a typical broadband subscriber uses anywhere between 50 and 300
MB of bandwidth in an average month. This is true of our current customer
averages. Bandwidth abusers can consume 100 times that amount!
In order to curb excessive bandwidth abuse, many Internet service
providers throttle the connection speed (thereby forcing large files to
take even longer to move from point to point). By metering user accounts, Browse4Less
is able to offer higher connection speeds to everyone while
keeping the network free of excessive traffic. Customers with excessive
uploads or downloads in a given month will be charged an additional fee
for that month.
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