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Post by span870 on Jun 9, 2017 15:56:12 GMT -5
Don't think it's going to make a bit of difference. The problem with it is cost effectiveness. In rural areas you might run 10 miles to get three houses. Companies aren't going to drop the money into it. Now places just outside of rural towns might have a chance but other than that I don't see it being that huge. Other option that will be coming online in the next month is att is going to be offering fixed wireless. If you are within 20 miles of an att tower you can get 4g to your house and by early next year 5g should be online. From what we were told $60 a month for 160 gig and an extra 50 for another $10 per month. 10mbps of download speed. Installee will need to mount an antenna and run cat5 into house.
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Post by Russ Koon on Jun 12, 2017 10:46:21 GMT -5
span870, THAT sure sounds good!
Well, except for the provider being the same one that I've been paying for years to bring me "up to 6 meg" service, and have received service of about 1.5 meg max back in the "good old days", which slowly but steadily dwindled to something less than the last reading I was able to get on the speed test, .3 meg and finally, nothing measurable but it does sometimes come on if I wait long enough, but isn't fast enough to actually use for the simplest of practical purposes. Dial-up was faster, but I checked and it's no longer available here, either.
The phone service from the same company has been pretty OK, but if I bought a new Impala from my local Chevy dealer and they delivered a used Chevette that gradually morphed into a junked Yugo, I'd be very reluctant to buy the next offer even if it was for a bargain price on a new Escalade.
If that offer does show up, I might give them another shot, but I probably won't be first in line or eager to sign a two-year hook-on fee without seeing some proof of performance.
I'd probably trust Hughesnet first, despite the overwhelming evidence of dissatisfaction among their customers.
I am able to get on here now only through a Sprint modem gifted to me by my son that plugs into a USB port on the desktop, but it has a 3 gig monthly limit, and also slows to less-than dial-up speed when the limit is approached, so usage is very limited. Looking into an upgrade for that unit or something similar with more download speed available, but haven't had time to do much serious searching lately (it was easier to shop back when I had "real" internet) 8^)
A quick check while I'm still online shows me to be about two miles from the nearest AT&T tower and it should be about visible from the top of the utility pole in my front yard, so it does sound like we'd be a likely candidate for hook-up. I suspect there's a viable market here, with about 300 homes within a mile radius around the lake. They might have to hurry though, as many of my neighbors have given up on them and are increasingly going to their phones for all their needs that could have been served by a decent internet service. Even my old thumbs are starting to become acquainted with more of the mysterious buttons on my smartphone. When my old flip-phone finally dies, I'll probably go to the new "device" for more than GPS and training exercises.
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Post by freedomhunter on Jun 12, 2017 12:13:36 GMT -5
Check with internet communications in Franklin. They have several microwave antennas. I am on one of them. It is a shot they have a web site that shoes coverage. It is seamless
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Post by Russ Koon on Jun 13, 2017 21:59:43 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip about internet communications, freedomhunter. From the coverage map on their website I appear to be just barely outside their western limits, but I'll give them a call and check. May be close enough for a try.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jun 14, 2017 9:23:45 GMT -5
It's a no go for them in Nashville.
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