Online tv question

[CADplans]

Nope.

The fiber is already on. Not the same company as the dsl. In fact the fiber is through my electric coop.

When they first started this venture they were advertising "affordable" high speed for $70/mo. They have already had two price hikes, and currently sit at $110.

Being the "electric" company...I don't see them offering any special packages

That is an outrageous price. My cable internet is only $60 for 150 meg, and we are rural.

paul

We are about as rural as it gets on the East Coast,,
10 miles from the nearest grocery store.
The pole that has the fiber optic box for distribution to us has only 5 connections
One run is over 600 feet, one over 1,000 feet, my run is 1,400 feet.
The other two are about 400-500 feet.
That is typical for the connection boxes for our entire road.
(Our 1,400 feet run was the longest, we had to wait a couple extra months for that long of a piece of glass to be available. Shortages, and low supply because of COVID is what we were told.)

We switched from the phone company DSL, to the electric company glass cable all the way to the bedroom that has the wireless router, no copper.

We have had it only a few months,
and have heard that the phone company will be offering competitive fiber optic to us as a competitive service to the electric company.

So, we will have two different glass to the house offerings before 2023, and we are pretty rural.

 

[jyoutz]

Dish is not as available to the East Coast, as it is to New Mexico,,
For the East Coast, the "AIM" is just above the horizon,,
For New Mexico, your AIM should be closer to straight up.
Many of my neighbors can not get Dish,, because of a few trees.

By 2023, I will drop Dish, because of a tree in the way,, the tree has been growing.
Repeated calls to DISH has not resulted in a relocation of the dish receiver,,
I currently get signal loss when the leaves are on the trees,, so, I figure I got 1 season left,,,

I had them relocate my dish from the roof to a pole in the ground in my chosen location. Makes it easier to clean the snow out in winter.

 

[CADplans]

I had them relocate my dish from the roof to a pole in the ground in my chosen location. Makes it easier to clean the snow out in winter.

That would be worse for us,, more tree obstructions low to the ground.
I think I will need a 30 foot pole with the dish at the top,,
so that the dish can "see" over the trees,,

 

[Oaktree]

Starlink is definitely a game changer.

I wouldn't say that, more of an evolution and an exponentially higher amount of "space junk" to accomplish it. Pricey too.

That is an outrageous price. My cable internet is only $60 for 150 meg, and we are rural.

Thing is, you're stuck with what's available where you live. I don't know why some rural areas seem to have better service/prices than others. I'm paying Spectrum $125/mo for a internet/tv/landline bundle, don't have a bill handy for the breakdown, but the internet portion is ~$65. They claim 100 meg, reality is about half that. Still more than fast enough for anything we need.

A few posters have mentioned the electric company as their internet provider. Seems like it would make sense, at least around here they're the ones who own the poles, no need for the red tape to lease space on someone else's so theoretically they could provide the same service for less. Nothing our's (Eversource) offers though.

Dish is not as available to the East Coast, as it is to New Mexico,,
For the East Coast, the "AIM" is just above the horizon,,
For New Mexico, your AIM should be closer to straight up.
Many of my neighbors can not get Dish,, because of a few trees.

Yeah, try living in northern New England, we're a good 800 mi NE of you. Before cable came thru many of our neighbors had it, and finding a place to mount the dish with a good view could be a challenge.

 

[BigBlue1]

I wouldn't say that, more of an evolution and an exponentially higher amount of "space junk" to accomplish it. Pricey too.

Thing is, you're stuck with what's available where you live. I don't know why some rural areas seem to have better service/prices than others. I'm paying Spectrum $125/mo for a internet/tv/landline bundle, don't have a bill handy for the breakdown, but the internet portion is ~$65. They claim 100 meg, reality is about half that. Still more than fast enough for anything we need.

A few posters have mentioned the electric company as their internet provider. Seems like it would make sense, at least around here they're the ones who own the poles, no need for the red tape to lease space on someone else's so theoretically they could provide the same service for less. Nothing our's (Eversource) offers though.

Yeah, try living in northern New England, we're a good 800 mi NE of you. Before cable came thru many of our neighbors had it, and finding a place to mount the dish with a good view could be a challenge.

LOL!!

You dismiss Starlink as not being a game changer because of your (apparent) angst about Earth's orbital environment and then go on and offer a bunch of reasons why Starlink is, indeed, a game changer.

"Thing is, you're stuck with what's available where you live."

Exactly. Starlink provides high quality, very fast, unlimited data volume ISP capability anywhere on the globe, including all those places where other types of ISPs (cable, DSL/phone, fiber, LTE, etc) are not available.

"Pricey too."

How many other ISPs of any infrastructure/medium offer a $99/mo plan with unlimited data volume and 120-250 Mb/s speed? I'll wait while you compile that monstrously large list (/sarcasm) showing how expensive Starlink is compared to others.

Your worries (founded or not) about satellite congestion are irrelevant to the fact that Starlink is an amazing offering for people who have not had good Internet access previously. Your dislike for the company doesn't change the facts of the situation.

 

[JD 4520]

Apologies if something here is repeated. The future of TV is streaming. We are in a long transition from “cable” to streaming. Streaming is over IP or easier stated high speed internet (HSD) connection. Today, HSD really only needs to be 100mg to get really good and reliable service for a typical family- that honestly may be overstated. So, if you have a good, newer Smart TV and good HSD, you can get anything you want to watch at reasonable prices. The reason being is you won’t generally have to pay for a 300 channel package that you only watch 7 channels on.
If you have the newer Smart TV and good HSD, begin your own transition to streaming services. Try a number of services like YouTube TV and others. You will eventually have access to any package and not limited at all to the local provider, only the HSD service. Within 10 years, cable as we have known it should be phased out.
BTW, I have 1G service, just because I can get it, but do I use or need more than 100mg, nope, not at all. Happy to try to answer more questions along this line.

 

[lman]

Apologies if something here is repeated. The future of TV is streaming. We are in a long transition from “cable” to streaming. Streaming is over IP or easier stated high speed internet (HSD) connection. Today, HSD really only needs to be 100mg to get really good and reliable service for a typical family- that honestly may be overstated. So, if you have a good, newer Smart TV and good HSD, you can get anything you want to watch at reasonable prices. The reason being is you won’t generally have to pay for a 300 channel package that you only watch 7 channels on.
If you have the newer Smart TV and good HSD, begin your own transition to streaming services. Try a number of services like YouTube TV and others. You will eventually have access to any package and not limited at all to the local provider, only the HSD service. Within 10 years, cable as we have known it should be phased out.
BTW, I have 1G service, just because I can get it, but do I use or need more than 100mg, nope, not at all. Happy to try to answer more questions along this line.

Never had cable. It's not available in rural areas around here.

 

[fiddlearound]

Apologies if something here is repeated. The future of TV is streaming. We are in a long transition from “cable” to streaming. Streaming is over IP or easier stated high speed internet (HSD) connection. Today, HSD really only needs to be 100mg to get really good and reliable service for a typical family- that honestly may be overstated. So, if you have a good, newer Smart TV and good HSD, you can get anything you want to watch at reasonable prices. The reason being is you won’t generally have to pay for a 300 channel package that you only watch 7 channels on.
If you have the newer Smart TV and good HSD, begin your own transition to streaming services. Try a number of services like YouTube TV and others. You will eventually have access to any package and not limited at all to the local provider, only the HSD service. Within 10 years, cable as we have known it should be phased out.
BTW, I have 1G service, just because I can get it, but do I use or need more than 100mg, nope, not at all. Happy to try to answer more questions along this line.

What is the solution when your internet speed is only 5mg down?

 

[mrmikey]

What is the solution when your internet speed is only 5mg down?

FM Radio?. Sorry I couldn't resist .
My daughter's sometimes is that slow or slower with her "blazing fast" LTE service that she pays $100 a month for and that's pretty much what she resorted to. They're supposed to have fibre February of this year so she's hoping, you don't realize how much you depend on the 'net 'till you don't have it.............Mike

 

[JD 4520]

Never had cable. It's not available in rural areas around here.

You really aren’t missing much. Cable and TV in general is overrated! My family did not have a TV until I was out of the house and off to college. We have it now but are very selective in watching it.

I built a good part of my career in the fiber and telecom industry and thus the background, knowledge and opinions about cable tv.