Satelite Internet for the Birds!

[amanda]

I have truly had it today. I have HughesWay Internet and because it is raining - I've been losing my connection all day. I have a back-up Bellsouth dial-up, just in case, and when needed can usually connect at 49.6. Not bad, for dial-up, and I can deal. TODAY, I've been connecting at whopping speeds from 4.6 - 24.6. That's it. I've disconnected and reconnected until I'm blue in the face. Finally buck up and use the 24.6, to only be knocked off because my HughesWay tries to come back on line. ARGH!!! What really ticks me off is that one one side of me about 2 miles up the road, Bellsouth DSL is available, then there is a break in which I am working, then up-the-road-a-little-piece Bellsouth DSL is offered too. Now, I know I'm not a techo inclined person, but does this make sense to anyone. The "downtown" (yeah I'm being flip) of Foxworth doesn't have DSL but the sticks on either side do. Hmmmm.....

[aaron]

Yeah, that's why techno-inclined persons like me looks at internet connection availability as one of the concerns when I move. I don't think I could handle being back on dial-up.

[amanda]

Yeah, that's why techno-inclined persons like me looks at internet connection availability as one of the concerns when I move. I don't think I could handle being back on dial-up.

It sucks. They told me it could be 20 years before Bellsouth has DSL where I live. Always had DSL at work - need it for the type of stuff I do - and now I've gone back in time. I just can't understand the break of just a few miles between one section offering DSL and another section.

[aaron]

There are ways around it, but you have to be really brave and techno-inclined. I've heard of people hooking up to other people's connection and then beaming it to their house through a very strong wireless connection.

[amanda]

There are ways around it, but you have to be really brave and techno-inclined. I've heard of people hooking up to other people's connection and then beaming it to their house through a very strong wireless connection.

I'm screwed. :) Know just enough already to get me in trouble. My honey has wireless and tried to use it at my house hoping to set me up that way - DIDN'T WORK. There are tremendous disadvantages to living in the middle of nowhere.

[aaron]

Well, you can listen to gun fire all night long or you can have a bad internet connection. It's just a preference.

[Kitty]

When we were pondering the upgrade from dial up to high speed Internet, we first checked into BellSouth DSL, but it wasn't available in our area, and we live in Oak Grove. I have a colleague who lives between Oak Grove and Purvis and she is able to get BellSouth DSL. :smt102

We are very happy with our Comcast Internet service. Like Aaron, we don't think we could go back to dial up.

[amanda]

We are very happy with our Comcast Internet service. Like Aaron, we don't think we could go back to dial up.

Unfortunately, no cable out here either. :smt102

[LoneStarGirl]

I totally understand Amandah, my Mom lives out in B.F.E. in Texas and of course it's nice and peaceful and all but all she can get is dial-up. I hate having to use the internet at her house! :smt119
Aaron, my husband is the same...when we were looking for places to live one of his first 2 questions was "can I get high-speed internet?" I swear sometimes I think he'd die without his WoW. :mad:

[Mr. Bama]

You will have true highspeed much sooner than 20 years. WiMax technology is a new wireless standard that has a much greater range (maximum around 30 miles, average around 5 miles) than WiFi. This technology was built to provide broadband internet to rural and remote locations. Farmers are using the technology to run irrigation systems. Cell phone companies are heavy investors in Wimax. Most of the cell companies offer data packages now and are in the processes of upgrading their networks to handle high speed data connections. You should have the option of some sort of wireless connection in maximum 5 years.