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05-20-2008, 07:04 PM
I am way way up in the western Sierras. Local phone monopoly has DSL for $30.
Most rural phone providers have sompin. Lemme know. Did you google the zip code and DSL?
05-20-2008, 07:09 PM
mick e got into a radio based line of sight system that I think he has been happy with, you may want to ask him about it.
There is one of those ISPs near me (sigh, I'm just out of their service area...), the folks that I know that have it are very pleased. Really fast connections with much less latency than satellite. (https://wwws.razzolink.com/index.shtml) If she has cell reception, that could be an option too, internet over cell. She may have to opt for satellite if she has no other options. After being on hughes.net for a year, it is tough for me to imagine wildblue having a worse system. Oversold bandwidth as Paul mentions, is an issue. My connection speeds can slow to almost dialup speeds at times. They also punish you if you pass your "Fair Access Policy Threshold" and throttle back the connection speed. Downloading big updaters is out of the question unless you do it between 3 and 6 AM EST, when, apparently download restrictions are relaxed. Of course, a better plan (more money) can salve some of these complaints... It is faster than my slow dialup over bad phone lines; I can view youtube now... Good luck, =wr=
05-20-2008, 07:19 PM
believe me. I've looked and looked. she has directTV b/c cable stops at her road. She has dial-up b/c I cannot find a faster alternative. She has cell phone access, but the broadband service isn't available in her area. they have wireless broadband AROUND her area, but its not to her yet. if anyone else can find a fast connection for the 28705 zip code let me know. Of course the 28705 zip code is so spread out, thats why her neighbors down the road can get cable and she cannot.
05-20-2008, 07:29 PM
Boy... that sounds a lot like where I live..
And exactly why I'm stuck with Hughes.net for the time being! I'm waiting for ONE more cell tower to be put up, and I'll be in wireless internet range... but until then, I'm stuck. Go with Hughes or Wildblue... it sounds like the only option.
05-20-2008, 08:19 PM
As =wr= has mentioned, mick e is using radio wireless internet. He has a friend that uses Wild Blue satellite. mick e's wireless outperforms satellite easily, and as far as downloads are concerned - it can be nearly as fast as DSL if you have the right provider. Upload bandwidth is subject to the discretion of those providers (mick e's sucks, fwiw). Bad weather effects satellite much more than the radio wireless.Also, installation and hardware costs were also much higher with satellite.
That said, if sat is the only thing available, you go ahead and do it.
05-20-2008, 08:24 PM
On the subject of "rain fade" and satellite;
It can and does happen... But it is often overblown... if you have an installer that takes an extra couple minutes to aim your dish carefully for good solid signal strength, it's not an issue in any but a pretty hard rain.
05-20-2008, 10:11 PM
In our area we have microwave internet for those who live "way out there" but still have line of site to their tower.
Have you checked with clearwire? http://www.clearwire.com/order_entry/web/prequal.php One more idea, the telephone companies HATE to tell you about this but you can still get isdn lines. You can be much further from the telephone company as compared to dsl. Plus if you are too far away for isdn you can request a booster. Getting the telephone company to talk about this is like pulling teeth but it is possible, I've been there and done that. Last idea, you mention that the neighbors up the road can get broadband. Do you have line of site to them? A couple of wireless routers with directional antenna's could work.
05-20-2008, 10:37 PM
thats the problem with living in a nice quiet rural area. the only thing you have in your line of sight is trees.
As for the satellite's usage policies I noticed Hughesnet specifies 200mb per day. But wildblue specifies 7500mb per month. Is that just an average for Hughesnet? or do they really limit you to 200mb per day? i would MUCH rather have a monthly limit vs a daily limit.
05-21-2008, 02:45 AM
[quote bazookaman]thats the problem with living in a nice quiet rural area. the only thing you have in your line of sight is trees.
As for the satellite's usage policies I noticed Hughesnet specifies 200mb per day. But wildblue specifies 7500mb per month. Is that just an average for Hughesnet? or do they really limit you to 200mb per day? i would MUCH rather have a monthly limit vs a daily limit. I think your Mom will need some access to the southern sky for the satellite to work... Hughes.net limits you to 200mb fast during the day, then they punish you for 24 hours with a throttled down connection. The plan I'm on with other tenants on this property has a 400mb limit. Thank goodness I'm the only one that uses it for work... =wr=
05-21-2008, 03:13 AM
That 200mb a day is a hard and absolute limit...
Cross that line, and all of a sudden you have less-than-dial up speeds for 24 hours while you are punished for downloading that last bit of email, or youtube video, or whatever straw it was that crippled the camel with back pain... You definitely want all automatic Software Updates turned OFF with Hughes.net. It doesn't take much of an update, plus pretty routine browsing and email to push you over that 200mb limit to get into the "FAP" (Fair Access Policy, often used as a verb "I've been FAPped"). |
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