| Help, we're still stuck in the dark ages! just 21 miles from downtown Houston, Tx.
Our local CO does not have, and never has, had any broadband/DSL service. Across the road (2.5 miles), the lucky customers of ATT have service (and comcast cable) as an option. We have no cable layed out here, just phone.
There's a demand here, but obviously its not being heard.
Is there ANYONE that can be contacted?
Anyone been down this road and successfully convinced a provider to actually provide service?
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| have you looked into a fixed 4g wimax provider? Their installing their gear around here like crazy on towers. |
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| reply to empire5
If no 4-g your other option would be satellite. Keep in mind BOTH 4-g and satellite are capped so you may want to keep dial up backup. |
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| reply to empire5
While you may be "only" 21 miles from Houston, you're on the side that still has lots of rural area and very few homes-per-mile.
Providers look at things like:
A) How many potential customers could they reach with an investment of X-hundreds of thousands of dollars.
B) How many of those potential customers actually want (AND can afford or are willing to pay) to have internet service?
DSL equipment costs a bundle of cash to purchase, deploy and provision. It also has a limited range that it can travel over the wires. If the bean counters determine that they won't make money in a given area, then the equipment won't ever arrive. It's just a business decision.  They prefer high-density areas that have a lot of potential users within X-thousand feet, as the cost to provide service there isn't much different than the cost to provide 12 ranches spread out across a few square miles. |
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