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Xirgu wrote on Feb 6, 2017, 07:22:
not sure if this will be of help since I live in Europe, but I had a similar problem. satellite internet is crap, and has awful pings as well ( that pesky light speed barrier..), and noone is putting cable to an isolated house. In my case I found a rural wireless provider... , these are smallish companies that set repeater stations in the countryside and then an antenna on your roof pointing towards their antenna, it doesnt compare to fibre but you can get pretty decent internet that way IF it is available in your area. I googled " rural internet florida" & rural internet lake city and found a few promising hits... hope you find something decent there.
Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 16:40:Or unemployed.BobBob wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 14:32:Pfft. My usage went up when I retired.
Perhaps I'll make the move for retirement, when an Internet connection isn't so important.
BobBob wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 14:32:Pfft. My usage went up when I retired.
Perhaps I'll make the move for retirement, when an Internet connection isn't so important.
RedEye9 wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 14:09:Creston wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 13:51:That is one expensive way to skin a cat, scary thing is I could see myself doing that if I had the filthy lucre to spend on it.Rigs wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 19:42:
PLEASE! I need your help, guys! You're my only hope!
Is there any place anywhere within ~ 2 miles of you that has broadband? If so, and if you can get a direct line of sight, you could set up two Ubiquiti transmitter/receivers (one at your place and one at the place that has broadband) and transmit the signal that way. Apparently those things get ~ 300Mbps connection speed between them, so they should have little trouble relaying the signal.
A guy I somewhat know here in OK does that, he actually rents a small little shack for ~ 150 a month somewhere where he can get Cox, then he transmits that signal from there to his home with a pair of those transmitters. It seems to work pretty well.
It's not cheap, but it's an option.
But if that were the case I hope I would spend the money on my internet addiction instead. (i know, he probably needs broadband for work and notprongames like the rest of us )
1badmf wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 23:14:
what kinda cell service do you get out there? maybe a cell hot spot?
1badmf wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 23:15:
those customer ratinsg thooooo
Creston wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 13:52:Strange, I don't see anyone around anymore saying that we should give donny the benefit of the doubt.RedEye9 wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 11:49:
don't forget to add the creator of Alternative Facts!
Or the Breitbart guy now basically being the sole determining factor in whether we'll go to war with China or not. yay!
Creston wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 13:51:That is one expensive way to skin a cat, scary thing is I could see myself doing that if I had the filthy lucre to spend on it.Rigs wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 19:42:
PLEASE! I need your help, guys! You're my only hope!
Is there any place anywhere within ~ 2 miles of you that has broadband? If so, and if you can get a direct line of sight, you could set up two Ubiquiti transmitter/receivers (one at your place and one at the place that has broadband) and transmit the signal that way. Apparently those things get ~ 300Mbps connection speed between them, so they should have little trouble relaying the signal.
A guy I somewhat know here in OK does that, he actually rents a small little shack for ~ 150 a month somewhere where he can get Cox, then he transmits that signal from there to his home with a pair of those transmitters. It seems to work pretty well.
It's not cheap, but it's an option.
Rigs wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 19:42:
PLEASE! I need your help, guys! You're my only hope!
VaranDragon wrote on Feb 4, 2017, 11:02:
The U.S.A:
Donald Trump, expensive broadband, & DATA caps....
What a shithole!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
RedEye9 wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 19:49:Rigs wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 19:42:time to move. /s
snip
ask those neighbors.
http://broadbandnow.com/Florida/Lake-City
http://broadbandnow.com/Florida/Lake-City?zip=32025
Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 3, 2017, 20:21:
DSL is distance based, the closer you are to the phone company "central office" the better your bandwidth. You are never going to get it to work in a rural location. I live in a city of 100,000 and I can't get DSL because the cable distance from my house to the central office is too far.
You have discovered the hard way one of the cons of living in a rural area. There are pros too, and depending on your priorities, maybe enough of them to make it worth it. But if broadband is high on your list, unless you have big bucks (to pay a telco to drag a fiber to your home), you need to live in a city. Doesn't have to be big... even towns of 3-4 thousand will have cable tv and hence have broadband. Just the way it is, ten years from now it might be a different story. Maybe.