http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Internet-for-a-rural-area-22986894 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:58:22 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:58:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Internet-for-a-rural-area-23127150
By comparison, terrestrial wireless is fine. Minor delays due to conversions may double 'first hop' pings but should not impact any business use, but may impact 'first person shooter' games a bit.

If moving is a choice, yes both DSL and Cable are better.

ISDN is normally a pain to set up but has good Ping, just low throughput.

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I tried to remain child-like, all I achieved was childish.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Internet-for-a-rural-area-23122778 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:28:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Internet-for-a-rural-area-23121900 Any way to contact someone at Verizon about this or any other ideas from anyone.. other than internet for work for me and the wife, it would be great.. kids want some gaming too.. any help would be greatly appreciated,, please email me anytime.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Internet-for-a-rural-area-23121900 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:47:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Internet-for-a-rural-area-22988957
Verizon (ex-GTE) has a DSL capable CO on 301 W DIVISION ST. , also one in Mineral Point on 102 N CHESTNUT ST, in case 'rural' is southwest of town, DSL may be available all the way to Mineral Point. Generally DSL is available within 18,000 feet of a CO as the wire runs.

As for cell phone Wireless broadband, Verizon is good, except southeast of town it gets spotty. AT&T is useless, as is Sprint.
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Without knowing the ISP involved or your location let me generalize your cost at $15,000 per mile of new cable. This usually makes it clear that new cable is not a choice.

»www.onelasvegas.com/wireless/compare.html
would list wireless ISPs in your area if we knew your area.

AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon have maps of your area to show 3G wireless, if we knew your area
»www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/
»www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/Cove···%20EIGHT
»coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.js···ayPhones

DSL has a CO finder to see the nearest DSL
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I tried to remain child-like, all I achieved was childish.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Internet-for-a-rural-area-22988302 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:11:36 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Internet-for-a-rural-area-22986894 Everyone in the house uses the internet for their own reasons. Gaming, Work, Socializing, Watching Videos, and Email.
Then soon enough, the bandwidth threshold is already exceeded, and the connection becomes very slow.

So, I was wondering.
How much it would cost to pay the local cable company to lay cable coax around 4-5 miles from the nearest local town.

Thanks.
-Ben

P.S. I Live in a rural area.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Internet-for-a-rural-area-22986894 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:13:25 EDT