One Small Voice
by Laura McGaffey
Articles originally published in "The Voice in the Desert"
Sunsites-Pearce, Arizona

Home, Home on the Web, Part 2
February 2006

As I promised last month here is the information about Valley TeleCom's Internet service options.  I've taken this information from their website at http://www2.vtc.net/.
       
Connection Options By Location
 
 
 
Dial Up
Wireless High Speed
DSL High Speed
Animas, NM 
X
 
X
Benson, AZ
X
X
 
Bonita, AZ
X
 
X
Bowie, AZ
X
 
X
Clifton, AZ
X
 
X
Duncan, AZ
X
 
X
Elfrida/McNeal, AZ
X
 
X
Hachita, NM
X
 
X
Morenci, AZ
X
 
X
Pearce/Sunsites, AZ
X
 
X
Playas, NM
X
 
X
Portal, AZ
X
 
X
Rodeo, NM
X
 
X
Safford, AZ
X
 
 
San Simon, AZ
X
 
X
Sierra Vista, AZ
X
 
 
Sunizona, AZ
X
 
X
Virden, NM
X
 
X
Willcox, AZ
X
X
 
York, AZ
X
 
X
DIAL-UP Internet Packages
 
Plan Name
Price / Month
Features
Personal Dial-Up $19.95 Unlimited Internet Access
1 E-mail Account
5 MB Personal Webspace
(www.vtc.net/~yourname)
$15.00 one time setup fee
Commercial Dial-Up $26.95 Unlimited Internet Access
1 E-mail Account
5 MB Commercial Webspace
(www.vtc.net/~yourname)
$20.00 one time setup fee
Domain Dial-Up $38.95 Unlimited Internet Access
2 E-mail Accounts
10 MB Personal Webspace
(www.vtc.net/~yourname)
$35.00 one time setup fee
Family Dial-Up $22.95 Unlimited Internet Access
2 E-mail Accounts
5 MB Personal Webspace
(www.vtc.net/~yourname)
8e6 Web Content Filtration
Junk E-mail Filtration
$15.00 one time setup fee
DIAL-UP Additional Features
Additional E-mail Account $5.00 per mo.
5 MB Webspace $5.00 per mo.
8e6 Web Content Filtration $2.50 per mo.
Junk E-mail Filtration $2.50 per mo.
WIRELESS HIGH SPEED PLANS
 
Plan Name Price / Month Features
256 KB $26.99 Up to 2 E-mail Accounts
5 MB of personal webspace
512 KB $36.99 Up to 3 E-mail Accounts
5 MB of personal webspace
768 KB $46.99 Up to 4 E-mail Accounts
10 MB of personal webspace
1.5 MB $52.99 Up to 5 E-mail Accounts
10 MB of personal webspace
WIRELESS HIGH SPEED INSTALLATION CHARGES
Agreement Term Total Installation and Equipment Fee
Monthly $599.95
1 Year $399.95
2 Years $99.95
3 Years No Charge
WIRELESS HIGH SPEED Additional Features
Additional E-mail Account $5.00 per month  
Internet Content Filtration $2.50 per month Protects you and your family from accidental exposure to offensive material.  You can revert to unfiltered Internet with a password.  This service does not filter content to e-mail  .
E-mail Assistant $1.50 per month Most suspicious e-mail is quarantined in a password protected Web-based message center
WIRELESS HIGH SPEED COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS
 
Minimum PC Requirements    
233 Mhz or higher (Pentium II or later)    
64 MB RAM or higher      
50 MB hard disk space available    
CD ROM Drive      
Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC)    
10/100 Base T or available PCI,ISA or PCMCIA expansion slot for NIC  
Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP  
Netscapce 4.5 or Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher  
Minimum Mac Requirements    
Power PC G3 Processor    
64 MB RAM or higher      
50 MB hard disk space available    
CD ROM Drive      
Ethernet 10 Base T port or available expansion slot for Network Interface Card (NIC)
Operating System 9.xx or newer    
Netscapce 4.5 or Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher  
DSL HIGH SPEED PLANS
Plan Name Price / Month Features
256 KB $26.99 Up to 2 E-mail Accounts
5 MB of personal webspace
256 KB downstream
128 KB upstream
512 KB $36.99 Up to 3 E-mail Accounts
5 MB of personal webspace
512 KB downstream
256 KB upstream
768 KB $46.99 Up to 4 E-mail Accounts
10 MB of personal webspace
768 KB downstream
512 KB upstream
1.5 MB $52.99 Up to 5 E-mail Accounts
10 MB of personal webspace
1.5 MB downstream
768 KB upstream
DSL HIGH SPEED INSTALLATION CHARGES  
  Agreement Term
  Monthly One Year Two Year
Activation Fee $95.00 $0.00 $0.00
DSL Equipment  $120.00 $120.00 $0.00
Equipment Installation (optional) $99.95 $99.95 $99.95
Total Cost Installed $314.95 $219.95 $99.95
Total Cost Self Installed $215.00 $120.00 $0.00
DSL HIGH SPEED Additional Features
Additional E-mail Account $5.00 per month  
Internet Content Filtration $2.50 per month Protects you and your family from accidental exposure to offensive material.  You can revert to unfiltered Internet with a password.  This service does not filter content to e-mail 
E-mail Assistant $1.50 per month Most suspicious e-mail is quarantined in a password protected Web-based message center
Additional DSL Microfilters $3.95 each Filtering devices designed to eliminate statis on  your telephone line.  Filters should be installed to every device that connects to your phone line.
DSL HIGH SPEED COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS  
Minimum PC Requirements    
233 Mhz or higher (Pentium II or later)    
64 MB RAM or higher      
50 MB hard disk space available    
CD ROM Drive      
Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC)    
10/100 Base T or available PCI,ISA or PCMCIA expansion slot for NIC  
Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows XP  
Netscapce 4.5 or Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher  
Minimum Mac Requirements    
Power PC G3 Processor    
64 MB RAM or higher      
50 MB hard disk space available    
CD ROM Drive      
Ethernet 10 Base T port or available expansion slot for Network Interface Card (NIC)
Operating System 9.xx or newer    
Netscapce 4.5 or Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher