Internet in the Country

[Tractorrr]

How are people in rural/country areas getting internet or are you just having to go without? I'm assuming most people who post here have internet at home though. I would like to hear some options from anyone that knows. Currently I have a wireless internet through Verizon and the prices are just ridiculous. For cell phone and internet I am currently paying $180 a month. I pay that much and don't even get Cable TV, just have local channels through antenna. The wireless internet which allows for 30 Gb of data is a large portion of this price. The wireless internet is a 4G jetpack and it does ok, but not like high speed internet. I am unable to get cable internet such as Comcast and pretty much it seems like Verizon was my only option. I could possibly get satellite TV and internet together through DirecTV. I think they only offer TV and internet bundled together. Just curious if other people have this problem and what kind of options you have discovered that have worked for you. Ultimately I would like to be able to lower the monthly price, but still be able to have access to the internet and not be real limited by the amount of data per month.

 

[RalphVa]

Can you get DSL over your phone line. That's what we have. Ours isn't good enough to get streaming TV or higher resolution movies, but is fine otherwise.

Ralph

 

[deerseeker001]

I had Hughesnet for 6/8 years and was paying around 70.00 a month then Frontier came around and i got them for 34.00 for unlimited download.It is faster than Satellite,I love it.

 

[SirReal63]

I am currently on wireless 4g from Verizon though I stream it from my phone with a wifi router I downloaded (android). I have an unlimited data plan and regularly get speds from 5-10mb's. It isn't ideal for us by any means but for now it works. If getting cable broadband will be half the issue just getting electricity was I have no idea what we will do for Internet. It is one of he issues with being out in the country.

 

[rekees4300]

What's available depends on location. Consider yourself lucky that you can get 4G. Your other options are dialup and satellite and they both suck. There may be local ISPs that offer line-of-sight service, check your yellow pages. Broadband high speed like the city dwells have is only a distant dream for rural areas. If you don't need mobile then talk to Verizon and see if you qualify for LTE Internet (formerly known as Home Fusion).

https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/lte-internet-installed/

 

[300UGUY]

I have a dsl line here. Not really high speed, but it only costs $30 per month.

 

[Johnnymossville]

I had no options, No DSL, No Cable, No Fiber, other than satellite internet until very recently. Now I have a super fast 4G LTE connection since T-Mobile put up a tower not far from my home. The speed is incredible and the pricing for unlimited with tethering isn't bad.

So much of what I do is based on the internet and it was a major drawback to living out in the woods. Now I couldn't be happier.

 

[paulharvey]

I went from a very slow, very unreliable Windstream DSL, that on a good day would hit 150-200 kbs; now I have DishNET, satellite internet. Price is about same, $69. I'm limited to 10 gigs, after that it still works but much slower. It's screaming fast, and pretty good realiable. Got to reset the modem quite a bit though. We have to really avoid pirat...free movies, and all. 10 gigs seems like a lot, but it's not when it comes to Netflix or piratebay.

 

[sleepybozo]

On dial-up here. Had fixed wireless "broadband" (Maybe 30 KB/s) for a couple of years but, so they could serve me better, the company upgraded all their equipment and doubled the monthly rate. I'm on a fixed income and just couldn't scrape it up, so I canceled it. Satellite costs as much or more, and I'm too far out for cable or DSL. Don't have a cell phone. Dial-up sucks, but it's better than nothing.

 

[paulharvey]

On dial-up here. Had fixed wireless "broadband" (Maybe 30 KB/s) for a couple of years but, so they could serve me better, the company upgraded all their equipment and doubled the monthly rate. I'm on a fixed income and just couldn't scrape it up, so I canceled it. Satellite costs as much or more, and I'm too far out for cable or DSL. Don't have a cell phone. Dial-up sucks, but it's better than nothing.

I actually considered dial up, but even a basic phone line costs $50, plus cost of internet.