Rural Internet
If you’re considering moving to the country and you enjoy the internet then investigate very hard the options that are available to you.
I’m currently stuck in a situation where the only thing available to
me is cellular.
I’m currently using a cell modem from AT&T (formerlly cingular). This solution usually runs at about 100k.
This makes it better than dial up, but not by much.
Here’s the options:
- DSL – Not available. Probably never
- Cable – Not available. Probably never
- Cell – GSM (slow) available
- Sprint EVDO – Available half a mile from my house, but no signal at my house
- Verizon EVDO — Not available
- Satellite – I have too many trees for installation. So, I have to cut down trees.
Of these I’m hoping that Sprint will hurry up with their deployments and get EVDO spread out further.
I would even put a tower up in my yard if they would just do it! The satellite option isn’t the greatest.
It’s the only option that I have any control over. I cut down trees and I can get satellite internet. But
there’s a host of issues and lots and lots of complaints about satellite internet.
So, now I’m just waiting and hoping for something, someday.
Written by john Filed under Homestead |