| More broadband? That's nice, Atlanta has Several DSL providers, cable Internet providers, a couple of 3G providers and now WiMax.
We're in a fairly densely populated rural area and can only get 14.4kbps dialup.
Something's wrong here. |
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| said by jameswade:We're in a fairly densely populated rural area and can only get 14.4kbps dialup. You can get satellite broadband. |
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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to jameswade
said by jameswade:We're in a fairly densely populated rural area A densly populated rural area of 645 people?
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Spring···Carolina |
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That's not useful to us because of latency and the severe restrictions on the amount bandwidth used.
VPN, VOIP, distance learning (videos), videoconferencing, etc., just don't work with satellite and the reliability and support aren't there. Price is ridiculous for what you get. We have neighbors with HughesNet, and Wild Blue - they are horror stories.
I don't consider satellite to be an alternative. |
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Didn't say we lived in Hot Springs did I?
Hot Springs has DSL.
For a rural area the area that we live in is fairly densely populated. |
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HaHa... |
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No matter how bad Satellite is it's better than dial up... |
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| Depends on what you're doing, VPN is about the same speed and about $60 less...
Satellite is not an alternative for us. |
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Re: More broadband? said by fAcEtIOUs:said by jameswade:We're in a fairly densely populated rural area and can only get 14.4kbps dialup. You can get satellite broadband. Well that sucks for them. Might as well just use dial-up... |
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said by SHABAZZ:No matter how bad Satellite is it's better than dial up... Not if you factor in the price and increased frustration from the experience. It's almost insulting, I'd say... I used to think as you now do, but now it doesn't seem the case. |
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join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
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said by jameswade:Depends on what you're doing, VPN is about the same speed and about $60 less... Satellite is not an alternative for us. Huh? VPN? VPN isn't your connection to the internet. It's a Virtual Private Network via your internet connection. |
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| We need VPN. Satellite such long latency that VPN over satellite works at dialup speeds.
Satellites doesn't work for us.
Back to my original point, some places have a multitude of broadband, some have no sources of broadband.
Multiple sources of broadband in an area dilutes the effective population density.
I'm just irritated that we can't seem to get broadband in this area. A local non-profit Wireless Internet Service Provider keeps taking grants to provide wireless broadband, but they only bring it to places bring it to places that already have cable Internet, DSL, and 3G.
said by WeSRT4:said by jameswade:Depends on what you're doing, VPN is about the same speed and about $60 less... Satellite is not an alternative for us. Huh? VPN? VPN isn't your connection to the internet. It's a Virtual Private Network via your internet connection. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to jameswade
said by jameswade:Didn't say we lived in Hot Springs did I? Hot Springs has DSL. For a rural area the area that we live in is fairly densely populated. Co-incidence or not?
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HotSp···sign.jpg |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to jameswade
If all those providers won't bring it to your area, then your area must not be as densely populated as you think or is otherwise undesirable. |
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| That wasn't helpful. About as unhelpful as the rest of the posts.
Looks like BBR has gone downhill lately.
said by Matt:If all those providers won't bring it to your area, then your area must not be as densely populated as you think or is otherwise undesirable. |
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MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | said by jameswade:That wasn't helpful. About as unhelpful as the rest of the posts. Looks like BBR has gone downhill lately. said by Matt:If all those providers won't bring it to your area, then your area must not be as densely populated as you think or is otherwise undesirable. Not helpful and not what you want to hear are two different things. You weren't asking for a solution. Are you interested in how to solve the lack of broadband in your area? I'd be happy to link you to the WISP forum on here who could give you all the help you need starting a WISP and servicing your area. |
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said by SHABAZZ:No matter how bad Satellite is it's better than dial up... Sat is junk plus it costs to much.
Go to verizon or sprint, I prefer verizon a lot more reliable, and get a 3G USB card and then go to 3gstore.com and get yourself the Kyocera kr2 and have internet for a lot cheaper than sat. Plus you can get external antennas for your home so you can make sure to have a very strong signal all the time which can get up to 1.4mb down.
I've rigged up a good amount of people who live in the country like that and it works perfectly. |
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