HIgh speed internet

[nybirdman]

Not cost effective for the fiber-optics companies unless the are subsidized by the Federal and State governments.We maybe have 10 homes on our 2 mile road and maybe half will sign up for service.

 

[k0ua]

I just upped the service here from 50 meg down to 200 meg down. So 200 down and 50 up now. It wasn't the speed I was needing, but the monthly usage. I was running over my 250 Gig monthly limit. It is now 350 Gig monthly. It was $10 per month extra, but that isn't too bad. Once one gets addicted to streaming things one after another one tends to use some serious bandwidth. It is an addiction, like crack.

 

[deserteagle71]

Finally, 2 years ago got a fixed wireless connection. Little dish on house connects to tower on hill. We get 10 mps down and 1.5 up...unlimited data....Works good

This is what I have now. Small dish on the house pointing at a mountain across the valley and that tower points to another tower on another mountain...Only the best it has ever done is 5 mpbs down. Ran a speed test a couple days ago and my down speed at that time was .68 mpbs. For this I pay $60 a month! I could almost live with that if it weren't for all the time it isn't available at all.

 

[deserteagle71]

I just upped the service here from 50 meg down to 200 meg down. So 200 down and 50 up now.

I can't even imagine speeds like that!

 

[oosik]

My speed check yesterday - - 18.5 mbps down, 2.6 mbps up.

 

[deserteagle71]

My speed check yesterday - - 18.5 mbps down, 2.6 mbps up.

Wow! With satellite? Which provider and how much a month?

 

[oosik]

My internet provider is Hughes Net. $60/month.

 

[snymat68]

I can't even imagine speeds like that!

I have 100↓/100↑ through FIOS. Plenty for what I need. Only paying for 50↓/25↑ though. That's what I signed up for 6yrs ago. A few years back they matched the speeds for free, so it was 50↓/50↑. Then last year they doubled that for free with some kind of promotion or something. Other than normal inflation increases, the price hasn't gone up. Can't complain. Just counting my blessings that I have it available. Internet isn't everything though. I would gladly trade a good amount of that speed for more acreage. Maybe some day.

 

[oosik]

Yesterday's speed test was an "average" rating. It can get up to 20 down, 5 up. Then there will be those times when it's a big, fat ZERO. And it's not when you would think either. I usually have great connection - even in the worst snow or rain. It seems to be those times when there is high, semi-translucent clouds.
Whatever - it's a seldom occurrance and like most everything else out here. You learn to live with it.

 

[kcflhrc]

Speed is one thing but ping times and latency are a killer with satellite.