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For what you get, though, entry level Xfinity, which I have, is a far better value.

https://www.juno.com/

Edited: Even Juno has given up on dialup

https://store.juno.com/account/viewCategory.do?categoryId=iso&invalidOffer=1&bdof=ju-free

It's broadband or nothing.

https://store.juno.com/account/viewOffers.do?offerId=ju-iso-dsl&leftRail=true&leftRail=true

The basic stuff from Juno is $26.95 per month. When I started with Xfinity, I was paying $25 per month. Juno is a lousy deal. Check for Xfinity in your area. What's your ZIP code?

Like hlthe2b, I found dealing with Xfinity over the phone exasperating. They have some bricks and mortar stores nearby. The first store I went to told me that where I lived did not exist. They wouldn't let me behind the counter to find my house on Google Maps. I gave up for a few months

The personnel at a second Xfinity store were competent. I'm not giving their address here, as I'm sure that's grounds to fire them. It took something like eleven visits for Xfinity technicians to determine how to route the internet cable to the house. Finally that got done. I did not pay to have the over-two-hundred-foot line run from the Xfinity terminal on the utility pole to my house. Following that, someone came by to run the wiring inside the house. He put the cable outlet in the absolutely perfect place inside the house. I was quite happy with the work the exterior and interior Xfinity people did.

I bought my own cable modem router rather than rent one. Some Xfinity offers include a cable modem router.

That was too good to last. A few months later, a rival internet company, Ting, cut the cable while installing their own throughout the neighborhood. Yes, I had pointed out to them where not to cut, but Ting won't pay what it takes to hire competent workers. The I complained to Ting, they told me that was not their problem, and I had to take it up with Xfinity. I found someone with the Virginia government who got the ball rolling.

Ting also cut the gas main, twice, and had to stop work in another neighborhood for being a bunch of knuckleheads. I found a playful video of a Ting cable truck racing a train to a crossing in West Virginia and losing, so Ting's incompetence is systemwide.

My two-year offer with Xfinity ran out, and I am now up to $45 per month. It is money well spent.

In sum, first see if you can get Xfinity in your neighborhood. Next, don't waste time with them on the phone. Go to a store and find someone competent to talk to. They do exist. Xfinity's best deal right now is $40 per month, but only for the first year. The people at the store can help you find the best plan.

https://www.xfinity.com/learn/deals/internet

Best wishes.