Re: Yep, backwoods in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15552106 en Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:08:09 EDT Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:08:09 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15556772 BigCreek :
said by jaywv30 See Profile :

Can you guys get Wildblue in AR? I live in WV and can't get anything but satellite...but I love my Wildblue as much as my 3.0 DSL at work.
Most forms of satellite are available most everywhere. I had DirecWay for 3 miserable years. Glad to hear you're happy with WildBlue, but (no offense intended) frankly I gotta laugh at any implication that it's as good as a 3M DSL. No way.

Satellite Internet is not broadband. Not even close. Ping times of 1000ms will never qualify to be called broadband. And they are not even in the same league for reliability or price.

Satellite? Just say no.
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SBC Static DSL; Linux. Terrific wife & kids; live on a farm by Big Creek. Software & network consultant.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15556772 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:11:56 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15556684 Necronomikro : I live in benton. We have... SBC (AT&T), SBC and, uhh, SBC for broadband. Ticks me off. $70/month total bill, just basic phone and DSL. 1.5MBit down, 384kbit up.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15556684 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:55:00 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15556150 SilenceGold : My point is..

You can choose Cox cable, various of DSL providers/options, and wireless providers.

During that time and in the Pope county, I used Cox cable for a while until I went with TranEdge for sDSL. I was well beyond the city limits. I also sampled Wireless internet for a bit too. Their primary dsl provider is Centurytel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15556150 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:29:29 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15555784 jaywv30 : Can you guys get Wildblue in AR? I live in WV and can't get anything but satellite...but I love my Wildblue as much as my 3.0 DSL at work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15555784 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:42:17 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15555076 anon : Coverage might be ok in Russellville, but Cox cant seem to ever keep the speeds stable here. When I go back to my parents house in Bryant, which is in Saline County, I'm always jealous of there constant 6mb connection. they are about to switch to SBC/At&t now, becuase of there new 12.99 offer and of the fact that the local CO is about a tenth of a mile from there house. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15555076 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:17:25 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552194 dg2 : Wal-Mart's office is in Bentonville. It's about 150 miles from Benton. Bentonville has pretty good coverage in town (Cox, ATT), but like most local towns suffers once you get out of range of the CO.

Wal-Mart has their own stuff, and doesn't use much of the local infrastructure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552194 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:25:19 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552187 BigCreek : That would be Bentonville.

But Benton is a sizeable town next to a sizeable city. There should have been lots of alternatives there.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552164 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:21:06 EDT Re: Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552106 SilenceGold : Charter in Saline county doesn't even provide cable internet because they are not even set up to. Too many promises "Coming soon" from them.

SBC won't sell aDSL to me but Earthlink will? Speeds are equal to what SBC would have sold to me but more expensive than what SBC packages are.

That tells you about the region that is south west from Little Rock.

The best broadband coverage of ever other than in the captial city of Arkansas is Russellville. I used to live there, the choices were awesome. It covered almost the entire Pope County.

I'm stuck in Benton so bring on the BPL.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552106 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:12:38 EDT Yep, backwoods http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552066 radougherty : I have a work at home person about 35 miles SW of Little Rock. I tried to find anything other then POTS dial up for here and get nothing. I tried to get a 56Kbps DS-0 line installed for our frame network and SBC came back and said it would cost $100,000 for a build out at the CO for her since the CO couldn't even support a DS-0. Yep, backwoods. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15552066 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:08:31 EDT