Broadband in the Sticks... at last
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thatguy
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I have tried Virgin Mobile MIFI (for 2 months when it was 'unlimited' and then they decided meant 2gb cap), then Verizon MIFI for about 1.5 yrs - but we had to keep bumping up our data to at least 12 gb and as much as 16gb/mth.. Then we went with Millenicom, 20gb of Verizon data for $70/mth..
We have been very happy.. We are about at the 6mth of using it, so we have now recouped the cost of buying the $100 mifi, and the $100 early termination fee with Verizon.. From here on we will be saving money..
Brian
crazyal
Super Member
I've had them for about 8 months now and have never been throttled. The cell tower is real close, maybe a mile or so away so I always have a great signal.
mikehaugen
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I have verizon homefusion. It uses a 4g "cantenna" mounted to your house then an rg6 cable to a router that has ethernet and wifi. I just got it a couple months ago and it's been great... much faster than the 3g aircard I was using before. You can get a 10gb plan for $60/month, but I have it on a shared plan with 2 smart phones. My only complaint is the data cap, but the packages are a lot more reasonable than 3g was if you want more data.
I been with Millenicom for 5 years now. It's been good.
DANOCHEESE
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Not to one up you. I live three miles outside a town of 4500 people. I have two Fiber to the home providers serving me. I had a drop buried from both 1100 foot drops. I have full one gig and it is fast. Latency is great. Netflix is less than three hops away. Most site to the Akamai cach are three hops. I placed several AP on the ranch and can actually stream netflix to my deer stand. The same company has as drop to a farm site that is over five mile song. Seems playing the grain market is nice with a low latency connection.
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daveshoot
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Glass is king.
Streaming Netflix to deer stand = decadent.
All hail Dano, I am humbled. I hate to think what that cost someone but of course I don't really care.
Do the subwoofers spook the deer?
Streaming Netflix to deer stand = decadent.
All hail Dano, I am humbled. I hate to think what that cost someone but of course I don't really care.
Do the subwoofers spook the deer?
Well over a decade ago, a buddy of mine left Canada to work at a FibreTotheKerb startup in NorCal - the technology is pretty old, now.
The irony is that many of the latest/best communication technology deployments are more common in what used to be called the 3'rd/Developing World.
In Canada/USA, mostly the bean counters say no to the new/fast toys. I won't start in on Canadian cell phone service as 1) not relevant to the OP, 2) my actual comments on that topic are not suitable for a public forum.
Let's keep hoping that there will be more meaningful wireless options coming online, as they are a great solution for us folks that want to live rural.
Rgds, D.
The irony is that many of the latest/best communication technology deployments are more common in what used to be called the 3'rd/Developing World.
In Canada/USA, mostly the bean counters say no to the new/fast toys. I won't start in on Canadian cell phone service as 1) not relevant to the OP, 2) my actual comments on that topic are not suitable for a public forum.
Let's keep hoping that there will be more meaningful wireless options coming online, as they are a great solution for us folks that want to live rural.
Rgds, D.
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