I'm moving to the country and am looking for opinions of the various ways to connect to the internet. Among my choices are Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, various satellite companies and tethering my AT&T iPhone.
Pioneer tells me that I should be able to get up to 10mbps download and 756kbps upload where I'm at for about $110 per month, including the required and unwanted land-line telephone. ($80+$30). I imagine the benefits are super reliability and unlimited data transfer.
I can get about 8mbps download and 2mbps upload out of my AT&T iPhone 4s in 4g and a little more when the 4gLTE light is on, and tether to a home network for $10 per gigabyte. The plan required for tethering is $50 for a 5gb per month, with each gigabyte over 5 costing $10 per gig. Currently, I burn through about 30 to 60gb per month with Cox, so unless I use less, Pioneer appears to be my best solution. I like to stream video, Pandora music, iTunes, YouTube and of course Alex Jones every day.
Then there is satellite, which I know nothing about. I hear good and bad things, but would like to consider all options. WildBlue offers up to 12 mbps download and about 2mbps upload and 10gb per month for about $64. It throttles back to 1mbps if you go over and unlimited between midnight and 5am. I understand there is some latency and weather-related issues with satellite internet.
I'm spoiled with Cox. I get 10 to 20mbps download and 2 to 3mbps upload for about $60 and internet standalone. I have no interest in television and cut the propaganda machine years ago. Life is so much better without being addicted to the idiot box, anymore. I haven't lived in the country since Kingfisher had party lines, so I'm hoping my country cousins will share their experience with a city boy.
Pioneer tells me that I should be able to get up to 10mbps download and 756kbps upload where I'm at for about $110 per month, including the required and unwanted land-line telephone. ($80+$30). I imagine the benefits are super reliability and unlimited data transfer.
I can get about 8mbps download and 2mbps upload out of my AT&T iPhone 4s in 4g and a little more when the 4gLTE light is on, and tether to a home network for $10 per gigabyte. The plan required for tethering is $50 for a 5gb per month, with each gigabyte over 5 costing $10 per gig. Currently, I burn through about 30 to 60gb per month with Cox, so unless I use less, Pioneer appears to be my best solution. I like to stream video, Pandora music, iTunes, YouTube and of course Alex Jones every day.
Then there is satellite, which I know nothing about. I hear good and bad things, but would like to consider all options. WildBlue offers up to 12 mbps download and about 2mbps upload and 10gb per month for about $64. It throttles back to 1mbps if you go over and unlimited between midnight and 5am. I understand there is some latency and weather-related issues with satellite internet.
I'm spoiled with Cox. I get 10 to 20mbps download and 2 to 3mbps upload for about $60 and internet standalone. I have no interest in television and cut the propaganda machine years ago. Life is so much better without being addicted to the idiot box, anymore. I haven't lived in the country since Kingfisher had party lines, so I'm hoping my country cousins will share their experience with a city boy.
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