Satellite internet?

[okietool]

Who is your telephone provider? I thought AT&T had DSL available any place they had a phone line. When I got mine you had to be within a mile of some switch or something, but, I thought that changed either last winter or this spring. At work we are on a satellite system and it's not to bad. It will play a low res. youtube video with only a few buffering stops.

 

[willystruck]

Just had Hughes.net installed Friday after moving out of town and inaccessable to DSL via ATT. Just as fast as the DSL we had in town (Grove) with 2 computers running general web surfing. Happy so far!

 

[Soothsayer]

I'll look into the EVDO. Is it fast? What about videos? ATT is my phone provider--and no, nothing is available from them. Don't get me started on ATT. THanks for all the help guys.

 

[waltham41]

You would be surprised of the places that do not have any choices...... I have line of sight highspeed within 9 miles of me but I am not line of sight..... ATT says I will never have any highspeed land line where I am at and I live less than a quarter mile off of a major highway. Have checked into the cellphone cards and would cost more and drop speed and how much I can download with what is avaliable to me at my location.

I spend HOURS on the internet trying to find something better, but it comes down to sometimes satellite is the only choice

 

[zoomaster1]

DON'T GET HUGHSNET!!!! These guys suck big time. We just payed them off to get away from them(about $400). They were great during their 30 day trial, then it slowed down, kept getting disconected, and worst of all, their customer service sucks ( one of those India call centers). Our speed wasn't even what we were paying for. Just my .02 worth.

 

[poopgiggle]

with a FAP of 450MB a day.....

I wouldn't dream of cutting back to 450MB of fap a day

 

[Don]

I have Hughes neither DSL nor cable are available in my neck of the woods. It is better then dialup, but still bad if you have another option try it first

 

[Neanderthal]

I'll look into the EVDO. Is it fast? What about videos? ATT is my phone provider--and no, nothing is available from them. Don't get me started on ATT. THanks for all the help guys.

It's VERY fast, much faster than my wireless at my old house. There are no FAP limits (check into that with other providers, it's important), no limits at all. The best part about it is that you can take it anywhere, on the road, laptop at gun shows, out in the woods, where ever. There are other companies that offer it, but I've found Millinecom to be one of the bes.t

 

[ripnbst]

I pay 80 a month for 2.5M down and 256k up with a FAP of 450MB a day..... far from a great deal, but I will never go back to dialup.

HAHAHAHA, You said FAP.