Rural internet woes
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@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
You aren't that far from @DustinB3403.
I feel your rural internet woes. You may want to see if there is a local telephone company that provides DSL to that location. The other option, and I'm not sure who does it out there, is a wireless internet service provider.
He’s apparently next door to @SonshineAcres
What's your dad use for service?
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@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
You aren't that far from @DustinB3403.
I feel your rural internet woes. You may want to see if there is a local telephone company that provides DSL to that location. The other option, and I'm not sure who does it out there, is a wireless internet service provider.
He’s apparently next door to @SonshineAcres
What's your dad use for service?
Spectrum goes to his place. He lives by the tower.
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@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
You aren't that far from @DustinB3403.
I feel your rural internet woes. You may want to see if there is a local telephone company that provides DSL to that location. The other option, and I'm not sure who does it out there, is a wireless internet service provider.
Frontier is the local telephone company. He tried them.
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@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
You aren't that far from @DustinB3403.
I feel your rural internet woes. You may want to see if there is a local telephone company that provides DSL to that location. The other option, and I'm not sure who does it out there, is a wireless internet service provider.
He’s apparently next door to @SonshineAcres
What's your dad use for service?
Spectrum goes to his place. He lives by the tower.
Ah got it. I know there is a wisp up there I just don't recall the name. If there isn't that entire corridor is a serious untapped market.
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Verizon is, by far, the best provider there. Most work there, but Verizon is the fastest and most solid. It Verizon MiFi doesn’t do it, no other cell provider will cut it.
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@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
You aren't that far from @DustinB3403.
I feel your rural internet woes. You may want to see if there is a local telephone company that provides DSL to that location. The other option, and I'm not sure who does it out there, is a wireless internet service provider.
He’s apparently next door to @SonshineAcres
What's your dad use for service?
Spectrum goes to his place. He lives by the tower.
Ah got it. I know there is a wisp up there I just don't recall the name. If there isn't that entire corridor is a serious untapped market.
It’s too sparsely populated to bother tapping.
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@QuixoticJeremy is only ten minutes from there.
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Can you see (line of sight) any buildings from your house that have high speed? If you're slightly technical, you could set up a Ubiquiti wireless bridge for $200-$300...
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@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller said in Rural internet woes:
@coliver said in Rural internet woes:
You aren't that far from @DustinB3403.
I feel your rural internet woes. You may want to see if there is a local telephone company that provides DSL to that location. The other option, and I'm not sure who does it out there, is a wireless internet service provider.
He’s apparently next door to @SonshineAcres
What's your dad use for service?
Spectrum goes to his place. He lives by the tower.
Ah got it. I know there is a wisp up there I just don't recall the name. If there isn't that entire corridor is a serious untapped market.
Not aware of a WISP there.
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@mike-davis said in Rural internet woes:
Can you see (line of sight) any buildings from your house that have high speed? If you're slightly technical, you could set up a Ubiquiti wireless bridge for $200-$300...
That’s got to be the only real option. It’s a hilly area so possible.
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@jtaylor what street are you on?
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@scottalanmiller silver lake Rd and I do in fact know a few people from here, Jenny Case would be my sister in-law and Abby Case is my wife
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@jtaylor said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller silver lake Rd and I do in fact know a few people from here, Jenny Case would be my sister in-law and Abby Case is my wife
lol not so random then...
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So one follow up question: if I do purchase a Verizon mifi product like the jetpack, is there hardware to increase the signal and keep it from dropping out?
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@jtaylor said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller silver lake Rd and I do in fact know a few people from here, Jenny Case would be my sister in-law and Abby Case is my wife
LOL, well that explains things then.
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@jtaylor said in Rural internet woes:
So one follow up question: if I do purchase a Verizon mifi product like the jetpack, is there hardware to increase the signal and keep it from dropping out?
There can be hardware that helps with that, but nothing is great.
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@jtaylor said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller silver lake Rd and I do in fact know a few people from here, Jenny Case would be my sister in-law and Abby Case is my wife
Do you have line of sight to anywhere? Any other farms or houses?
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@scottalanmiller I do, but am not sure what they use.
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@jtaylor said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller I do, but am not sure what they use.
Contact them. ask to have service put in there and then use a point to point wireless link from someone like Ubiquiti.
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@jtaylor said in Rural internet woes:
@scottalanmiller I do, but am not sure what they use.
It's a friendly area, your wife probably even knows whoever they are. Just stop by, knock on the door, likely someone has something you could use. Be creative. Everyone knows how much it sucks out there without Internet. Split their Internet costs with them, put up your wireless, likely they will be thrilled with the idea.
