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Need a low latency ISP that covers rural CNY.

Since I am a gamer and have been playing games online I can not go with satellite based internet. I am going to be moving again soon, back out into the country, six to eight miles outside the City I am currently residing in (Auburn, NY) to a trailer park in Port Byron, NY. I am moving there because the rent is cheap and even cheaper if I buy the trailer I am moving into. My main concern is finding an low latency service provider that will serve me out there. I've looked into Verizon Home Fusion but am undecided due to the low caps and overages even if the latency is better than satellite. I am wondering what other options may be available that is not satellite. I checked Clear 4G but their website claims they can not serve that address.

It really sucks because Verizon could technically expand Fios out that way, it is populated enough and is near a City and a Village. Cable stops just down the road and I have no idea why they won't expand just a bit further to cover the trailer park I will be moving to. I've been looking into T1 or fractional T1 but the cost is beyond what I can afford. So basically my other options is a 3G or 4G provider but who? Who would cover the area and have a decent plan that isn't as constrained as Home Fusion?

Thanks.
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New York, like most states, is participating in the Federal broadband mapping project.

»nysbroadband.ny.gov/

Check to see if there are any high speed providers at your new location.

/tom

I know all about the funding and project. However the only high speed options are satellite and possibly Home Fusion afaik. I am trying to find if there is anything else with low latency that is affordable and with no caps or caps more lenient than the aforementioned options above. My parents told me a Verizon tech said Fios would be coming out there but I doubt it. The trailer park isn't even that far outside the villages and city so it's kind of stupid that satellite, dial up, (possibly Home Fusion) are the only options out there.

Edit: Where do I check on that website?

Still awaiting a reply..

Does anyone know what tschmidt was referring to? Still awaiting a reply back from him.

He was referring to a FCC program that had the states get data from ISPs about the areas they claim to provide service in. The maps are bogus self serving documents for the ISPs and provide no accurate information for potential residential customers.

You are going to be within Sprint 3G territory. See Millenicom about the 50GB plan at »millenicom.com/plans/#unlimited-plan for $80/month. Millenicom buys Sprint service in bulk and resells it.

"The unlimited service is for personal and family use and is not to be used for commercial purposes or as a public WiFi or broadcast to multi-dwelling units or any other extraordinary circumstance. Usage over 50 gigabytes in one month will alert our investigative team."

NEVER go over 50GB per month or you will suffer in many painful ways. No, not even by 1 Byte should you go over the 50GB limit. Remember that the monthly limit is the combination of download usage and upload usage.

If my math is correct, 50GB theoretically equals 53,687,091,200 Bytes. But a lot of ISPs use 1000 as the multiplier and not 1024, so 50GB means 50,000,000,000 Bytes. I would use that lower limit to coexist with the ISP in peace and harmony.

Other than that, Millenicom gave me excellent service when I used them.