Stumbled onto reliable rural internet access

[sixdogs]

Seems like $100/mo is becoming the "new normal" for internet service. So much for the cost coming down over time. Gettin' a little pricey for my budget.

I'm the OP. Check the first post. Mine is $50 a month, $40 if I'm paperless and they take from my back account and am exceeding 50mbps right now. I thought they said 15. Unlimited data and my bill says that. If you live in the right zip code, this is the best deal I can find.

Just a hunch but I think future competitive pressures are and will bring the bills down.

 

[Oaktree]

I'm the OP. Check the first post. Mine is $50 a month, $40 if I'm paperless and they take from my back account and am exceeding 50mbps right now. I thought they said 15. Unlimited data and my bill says that. If you live in the right zip code, this is the best deal I can find.

Just a hunch but I think future competitive pressures are and will bring the bills down.

Hasn't happened yet. Mine keeps creeping up with little or no notice.
Re-reading your first post makes me suspect you have some sort of limited time introductory offer (even if it wasn't so-stated). If not, and it's the real deal good for you.
Personally, I'm not comfortable with vendors who take their payments directly from my bank account.

 

[civilian]

OP, do you have an antenna like the one shown in post 23? We have AT&T's home internet box which uses a cell phone tower to supply us with internet and also as our landline coming in on it. Sounds similar to Verizon's system. But for use, the cell signal is pretty poor at our house. Verizon'z signal is non existant. However, the home internet box seems to receive better cell signal than our cell phone do. We are trying a WeBoost system to improve our signal. Not running long enough to decide if it is better with the WeBoost or not. Also our electrical provider is bringing fiber optic to customers. But our area is way down on the pecking order. Jon

 

[sixdogs]

I have this one and you have to move them around or turn sideways, etc to check reception. Mine is on top of a tall dresser and hanging off the edge for best reception. Ideally, outdoors and a wire to the inside would work better but I'm happy with what we get. We pick up channels pretty far away and that surprises me.

Mohu Leaf +

Amplified multi-directional indoor TV antenna

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I don't mean to make this look like an ad for someone but this is just the way it shows up. All I did was post the url from where I bought it.

 

[IXLR8]

Just bought a new home, they have fibre optic cable running down our street and I called to get a quote to install it at my house. Price for service was $140/month for 100Mb/s download speeds plus $6750.00 to run the cable to the house. Cell coverage is spotty and I'm still looking for internet service for the house. Starlink is looking better and better.

 

[jjp8182]

Interesting read....though it partially amazes me that it's taken this long and it's still not more widespread.

Back when I moved into my current place in 2007 I had a (what I'm going to call) "cellular data receiver" through AT&T that plugged into a USB port and provided internet to whatever computer it was plugged into (after installing the firmware/app that also resided on the device).

Eventually dropped that as the network upgraded and I switched to a cable internet service provider, but continue to keep occasional tabs on rural internet services as I'll probably move further away as the cities 20-30 miles away continue to grow. I would eventually like move to a much larger property (>100 acres) and land prices here are getting rather ridiculous. The few farms that remain near the cities occasionally go up for sale at $40k+ per acre -- with $40k being at the "bargain" end. For example just this morning I saw two .17 acre lots being advertised for $90k each - and one .18 acre lot for $400k in an upscale neighborhood. ...and this is in the Huntsville/Madison area of ALABAMA.

 

[kf4uda]

Just bought a new home, they have fibre optic cable running down our street and I called to get a quote to install it at my house. Price for service was $140/month for 100Mb/s download speeds plus $6750.00 to run the cable to the house. Cell coverage is spotty and I'm still looking for internet service for the house. Starlink is looking better and better.

Apparently they did not want you for a customer. I think Starlink is going to help in a lot of ways. I think it will provide good service in remote areas and force some of these bloodsuckers to up their game.

 

[Blue Mule]

I've been using T-Mobile ISP service for a few months. 50+ meg speeds, no data caps, no equipment costs, guarantee of no price increases, etc. $50/month. We blew through 1.6 TB of data last month with no throttling or limits. It's a simple white box that sits on a table and does everything in one. I love it.

 

[sixdogs]

I'm the OP on this and after four months, the Verizon wireless router has worked great, been much faster than expected and has not gone down at all.

Sure beats the olden days of five months ago when my internet was beamed off a neighbor's grain bin and failed frequently. I spent Christmas through two days after New Years with the old system down and no access. Now, the Mrs and I can actually both watch a video at the same time and not crash the system.

 

[JethroB]

I'm the OP on this and after four months, the Verizon wireless router has worked great, been much faster than expected and has not gone down at all.

Sure beats the olden days of five months ago when my internet was beamed off a neighbor's grain bin and failed frequently. I spent Christmas through two days after New Years with the old system down and no access. Now, the Mrs and I can actually both watch a video at the same time and not crash the system.

I wish it was offered here while I wait on Starlink.