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It depends on your daughter's town/city where she need home-based access, and estimated data usage/needs (i.e. email/web surfing vs. netflix/youtube and video streaming (as it could burn 5GB and even 10GB very quickly) vis-a-vis budget for such spending ??
ISP including VZ/Fios and/or cable provider have month-to-month plans with no contracts (thus, no ETF) and free installation. Nowadays, there's a modem/router rental fee added as mandatory add-on to the bundled prices.
Check with the landlord/previous tenants (if still there) to see what services had been ordered/used before (or still active) since pre-wiring and "live" node meant it's an easy install/re-activation. Since our neighborhood/blocks got Fios 2+ years ago (ours being among the first) - everyone has been cutting slower cable feeds and lately, TWC is doing marketing bliz for "low-cost" internet only access & freebies, just to try to win customers back.
Come over to DSLreports dot com as geeks hanging out there on various forums have tons of info & can help figure out options if you aren't too sure. Review some of the ISP reviews to get a feel for tech support & services after install.