If you are living in a rural area and have trouble getting high-quality internet but 5g At&t service available, try to find att internet air.

[jkk04]

My area does not have many options to get quality internet service except satellite internet.
So I have had it for 3 years and got it from a cell phone hotspot connection last 7 years.

Recently, I discovered that At&t offers wireless internet by 5G service and ordered it.
Fortunately, my area has 5G available. (my cell phone is 5g by At&t)

There is no time to setup just plug and play.

It is great so far and I am very happy.
Highly recommended
Jkk

 

[John0829]

We have had their "Fixed Wireless" for 3 years, which is the same thing as the "Internet Air" only it operates on the 4g network. It has worked well for our use.

We got a letter from AT&T about a month ago telling us to upgrade to the new service... only problem is they do NOT have 5g service in the area.

 

[Dftodd]

This absolutely chaps my bottom. I have fiber out at the street, but can't get the local internet provider out to put a port in so their techs can tie us in.

We've been waiting 3 months now

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have fiber in front of my house, they want 2K to hook me up to it!

There's NO way I'm paying that.

SR

 

[jkk04]

I have fiber in front of my house, they want 2K to hook me up to it!

There's NO way I'm paying that.

SR

Actually, I was considering getting Starlink but the cost was between $100-$150 per month. I can't afford it for retired guys.

 

[Dftodd]

I have fiber in front of my house, they want 2K to hook me up to it!

There's NO way I'm paying that.

SR

No charge here. They alotted one port for house. The issue is my place is new construction, so we are waiting on their construction department to install the port.

Once the ports installed the can finish hooking use up. I already have fiber run from our camper to the temporary pole.

Their tech actually has the box installed on the temporary pole. They just need to install the port up the street and string the line.

 

[oosik]

I have HughesNet. Had it for many, many years. It's not super fast and weather definitely affects it. It's the ONLY internet service available at my remote location. I should live long enough to see anything like fiber optics.

Actually - there may NEVER be anything like fiber optics out here. It will mean the end of ranching/open range lands and a house on every acre or so. I'll be long gone before that will happen.

 

[not2old]

This absolutely chaps my bottom. I have fiber out at the street, but can't get the local internet provider out to put a port in so their techs can tie us in.

We've been waiting 3 months now

We lost out landline and internet due to a wildfire on Aug. 18th. Finally got the fibre optic cable into the house about a month ago. I spent an hour and a half on the phone making arrangements for the new service and to include TV only to have the appointment cancelled by e-mail 1/2 hour later. Haven't heard back since then. I've been using a hot spot on my cell phone. It's expensive and very annoying to use. With no landline, I need to keep my cell in my pocket in order to hear it and every time I don't touch the computer for a minute or two or leave the room for a few seconds it disconnects and I have to spend a couple of minutes getting it going again.

 

[Jstpssng]

A few months ago I ditched my land line and dsl for AT&T wireless as it's about 65$/month cheaper. I knew their coverage map was optimistic but there's a 5G tower about 2 miles away.
I rarely see that and never at the house. When I do, it seems to be as slow or slower than the LTE my phone shows now. I can use my phone as a hotspot but have to drive to the other end of my property to do so.

What I like about it is that I bought my own phone so there's no contract. Next year I will have a building on top of my hill, and use that for my office.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Actually, I was considering getting Starlink but the cost was between $100-$150 per month. I can't afford it for retired guys.

How much per month is it? Does it have a cap or max data download?

 

[Dftodd]

We lost out landline and internet due to a wildfire on Aug. 18th. Finally got the fibre optic cable into the house about a month ago. I spent an hour and a half on the phone making arrangements for the new service and to include TV only to have the appointment cancelled by e-mail 1/2 hour later. Haven't heard back since then. I've been using a hot spot on my cell phone. It's expensive and very annoying to use. With no landline, I need to keep my cell in my pocket in order to hear it and every time I don't touch the computer for a minute or two or leave the room for a few seconds it disconnects and I have to spend a couple of minutes getting it going again.

Wife's had to pass on a couple work from home gigs due to lack of internet.

We could go with a wifi box from a cellular provider, but we are in a black hole for cell service.

Internet on my cell phone is equivalent to dial up.

 

[jkk04]

How much per month is it? Does it have a cap or max data download?

$55 per month with auto pay.
No data cap.
The down & upload speed between the 150-100 mbps & 30-40 mbps.
It has been very reliable.

 

[MattB4]

Although I have been using AT&T LTE for my home internet in pay as you go data only plans since 2015 AT&T does not recognize my address as having service. At the moment I am on Cricket 20gb/mo Data only for $35/mo plan. Cricket uses AT&T as carrier. Not bad speeds with an outdoor antenna and Netgear M1 mobile hotspot. About 50mb down and 1-3mb up.

Likely never be 5G in my rural area. Not enough people or towers.

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

Been on an AT&T tower for the last 6 years at $85 a month with less than 20mbps which was about bare minimum to stream. We were down for 3 weeks last March due to water infiltration at the tower they could not reach because of heavy snow in the mountains. Cable is unavailable (could pay $7,500 to extend service) and the DSL was a nightmare having to re-boot 20x a day. We just switched over to new Fiber direct system being installed via the Gov't grants and we're getting slammed at 1gbps and it's amazing.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

The AT&T map shows we have 5G, but not 5G+. When I type in my address on their webpage, it says they don't offer it here.

We have a unique situation whenever a hurricane threatens the Houston/Central Gulf coast. Our roads get grid locked with mass exodus. All cell phone use almost stops. You can get a short text through sometimes when this is going on.

So, if you want to see the radar when this happens, you're SOL.

 

[denchen]

I am not an expert on mobile phones [cell phones] but my understanding is the phone companies are allowing a lot of misinformation going out to the public. I understand that 5G works at much higher frequencies than 4G and the old systems. This means much more data transfer but much shorter distances. 5G transmitters will be lots of small transmitters spread evenly about communities but sited every few hundred yards or so, The big towers that are at line site to the user for 5G are a thing of the past. Some companies are upgrading 4G and calling it 4Gplus, but allowing the public to think it's 5G. To install 5G throughout small rural town cost money, and the mobile companies may be asking 'when will we get our money back?' and I think they are reluctant to roll out 5G in the country side. A lot of people seem to be buying 5G phones but are only getting 4G or less. I stand to be corrected.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

We had att wireless internet for 2 years.

They may have a tower by you but there is a fixed number of users per tower. Our area was full. I checked the website weekly and the second that it said available I got it.

Wasnt bad but wasnt good.

We got fiber now


I would recommend IF you can find a cell phone plan with un capped tethering, do that. Just make the phone a permanent hot spot. You can then connect to a pc to forward it on to a switch or turn it into a wireless access point

 

[mrmikey]

At this moment I'd be satisfied to get decent cell coverage where I live. I don't live in an isolated area by any stretch of the imagination but the cell coverage (Tellus/Koodo/Bell/Virgin) is terrible or non existent.
Last wind and rain storm we had there were alerts sent out that we in this area didn't get, missed, dropped calls, texts etc are spotty at best. I complained to tellus...twice and never heard a peep which I expected so on a whim I filed a complaint with the telecommunications dept of the feds. Surprise, within a week I got an actual call from a Tellus rep with the usual BS but at least he was honest enough to say they weren't upgrading coverage in this area.
He asked me what I wanted and my reply was better coverage, since that wasn't going to happen, I got $15 bumped off my bill...but just for a year and a one time deal aka hush money.

This means much more data transfer but much shorter distances. 5G transmitters will be lots of small transmitters spread evenly about communities but sited every few hundred yards or so

......and I think they are reluctant to roll out 5G in the country side.

That was my understanding as well. In my mind 5G is not the end all of cell phone coverage. Heck, I'd be satisfied with any data coverage.

 

[Alan W.]

Both ATT and Verizon do not offer their wireless internet in our area but you can get it from third parties easily.
We have been on it for a few years now. Hugesnet sucked. Cable is suppose to come into our area next year.
We have no data caps and the speeds are usually 40-60 down and 10-20 up. I declined Starlink when they said it was available because for the price and what we do this is great.

 

[jkk04]

We had att wireless internet for 2 years.

They may have a tower by you but there is a fixed number of users per tower. Our area was full. I checked the website weekly and the second that it said available I got it.
Wasnt bad but wasnt good.
We got fiber now
I would recommend IF you can find a cell phone plan with un capped tethering, do that. Just make the phone a permanent hot spot. You can then connect to a pc to forward it on to a switch or turn it into a wireless access point

The at&t is no longer offering unlimited tethering nor data only plan that I know.

I used to have an unlimited data only plan that I connected to my router as a home internet for several years after switching from HughesNet (the connection was a nightmare)

I feel very lucky to get the actual permanent 5g internet by At&T that I was waiting for a long time in my area.