Posted: 9/19/2016 11:25:05 PM EDT
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What are y'all using for internet at your homestead or farm?
Finally moved to our new house on our property. It's a rural area, but still considered metro Atlanta. My only hard line option is ATT Uverse, 3mbps service (might as well be dial up if you ask me). There is DISH Internet, WildBlue, Hughes.. But these three are very expensive and have very low data caps. I need a lot of data because of work. I have unlimited data with Verizon - but i can't rely on my phone to power every device in my house including TVs and Fire sticks and tablets, etc.. Just not reasonable. Any thoughts or input? Really upset that 3mbps service is all that is available. I was told i wouldn't have any of these issues where I built, but definitely not the case. |
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Check this page out. It may be a better option than your phone due to the hotspot setup. Unlimited 4g-lte at 10mbps is around $70 a month. It's through a cricket reseller which is on at&t network. It's monthly and you can stop any time with no contract. I got it for my land temporarily until I get dsl but it's actually quite fast and can stream netflix etc. Id check your area to make sure you have cell towers though first to see if it would be worth it. *edit. Here's the hotspot I bought for it but with further research you could find a different one. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HCNHH2W/ It's saying it's $300 right now but it shouldn't cost more than $80 for a new one which is what I paid through energy electronics on this page. |
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Just a side note but I read an article that said Verizon is forcing grandfathered unlimited data users to switch plans if they use a high amount of data too often
As far as a solution to your problem the only thing I can think it to see if there are any local providers who offer point to point wireless internet. Here we have a small ISP that offers 40 meg |
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We have Exede satellite internet and are very happy with it.
Exede ETA: At my workplace on the island of Kaho`olawe we have Dish for TV service and it sucks compared to the Directv we have at home. |
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We have a wireless ISP. It isn't cellular based, it uses basically high power directional wifi radios to make the network. It works reasonably well, but sometimes there are little "burps" in the network. The internet is rarely out for more than 5 minutes at a time, and I usually go weeks without issues. Typically the issues pop up when the ISP is doing upgrades and/or changing equipment. We are heavy on internet, and our internet is unlimited. My business is based on internet capability. I did the sat ISP route, it sucked. Data cap sucked. Latencies sucked. No VOIP. Looked into the cellular based. It was similar priced and faster, but had a data cap. VERY EXPENSIVE to get more data. We can: Run 2 VOIP lines Stream video (We do a lot of youtube/Amazon video/Netflix) without buffering (we stream in SD, not HD though) Have dropbox on all 3 laptops Internet radio ALL AT THE SAME TIME. And here is the best part: I can simply pay for faster if needed, and its all unlimited data. I can actually switch my speed plan every 24 hours if I need to. Want to stream an HD video for a party tonight? Crank it up, tomorrow turn it back down. Everything is currently running, but here are results of a speed tests I JUST did:  |
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Also check if you have an internet map like we do in Texas. http://www.connectedtx.org/mapping/_interactive_map_interface/?q=map |