Kay in Cal Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 and I'm stumped. There must be someone here who has internet rurally... what are our best options? I've checked out satellite, but most places say that they only have 1.5 mps. We currently have 3.0 with our DSL. Is there anything comprable? I'm worried, because we will have up to 6 people using the connection at the same time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Dish or Hughesnet? Or is that the 1.5? Btw, cant stand Dish customer service for TV. Wow, Cox cant do it out at your place? Too bad you are not in Ramona, there is a company that uses radio antennae, super fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 :scared: Does the cable company provide it? I wish I could help, but the mere thought of no highspeed internet access just gives me the heebeejeebies! :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 (edited) :scared:Does the cable company provide it? I wish I could help, but the mere thought of no highspeed internet access just gives me the heebeejeebies! :svengo: I don't know if this is only available in our area but you could check http://www.digitalpath.com This is not a cable company but I heard there is an installation fee in the neighborhood of $200 something. Perhaps you could share that fee with neighbors and all of you would benefit. Edited May 16, 2009 by Liz CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.S. Burrow Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Check and see if Clearwire is available in your area. When we lived out in the country that's what we had. We LOVED it!! It was $39.98 per month and it was VERY fast. If you can get a cell phone signal inside your house it will work....as long as it's available in your area. We would still have Clearwire, but when we moved to where we are now, it was not available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila in OK Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 We live in a rural area too, and all we can get (other than satellite, which is waay expensive) is wireless. We have it through Cricket and it's $40/month. We've been happy with it, but if DSL ever becomes available through our phone co. we will switch to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 We live in a rural area too, and all we can get (other than satellite, which is waay expensive) is wireless. We have it through Cricket and it's $40/month. We've been happy with it, but if DSL ever becomes available through our phone co. we will switch to that. Cricket is just as slow here as dial up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacie Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Now that I think about it, with that many people sharing a connection you should look into having a T1 line installed. We used one for many years before Cable or DSL moved into our neighborhood. I had to have a fast connection for work and it worked great. Good luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmamainva Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 We live in a rural area, too, so no cable TV or high speed internet. We have HughesNet (satellite) for internet and it's not bad. Definitely faster than dial-up!!! My only complaint is that when it rains or it's really cloudy, you have no internet. We keep AOL as a backup for rainy days! For TV, we have DirecTV and we haven't had any problems with it at all. I would just recommend patience as you adjust to your new surroundings! We've been here for 4 years and I'm still not used to driving half an hour to get to Wal-Mart! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicki Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 We have Wildblue from AT&T. It is faster than dial up. We've had almost 3 years now and have never had any major problems with it. God bless, Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomLovesClassics Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Have they given you a date of when they expect it to be available? When I moved here we did not have dsl. I convinced the phone company to get it here. I am actually outside the limit, they ran me a wire anyway. It took a lot of calling and letter writing to get it. You must know what to say and who to say it too, that is what will get you dsl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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