Satellite Internet

[fj40]

My local rural telephone company is getting out of the wireless internet business and I'm too damned far from any optic fiber. This leaves me two choices. Hughes or Viasat satellite. Anybody have any thoughts? I mean helpful thoughts. I know you all have other thoughts.

 

[watson]

When I tried it years back it was to dependent on the weather for me. Storms, high heat and humidity all affected by the reliability of it, worse than satellite TV. That was over 10 yrs ago so it may be better now

 

[deleted___account]

Satellite internet is a scam. Don't do it. In your situation I'd get a verizon phone/plan with the unlimited plan and just run all your stuff off the hotspot. I think it's still available? I've never not had internet no matter where I go with verizon i guess.

 

[fj40]

Problem with the hotspot thing is when I go away for awhile and take my phone, the wife has nothing to watch. That ain't happening.

 

[deleted___account]

Problem with the hotspot thing is when I go away for awhile and take my phone, the wife has nothing to watch. That ain't happening.

I see. Still check into it. I have 3 phones on my plan, all have the unlimited so if somebody is gone it wouldn't matter. I guess it would be a matter of you both having a verizon plan is all. I've lived in the sticks and ATT sucked comapred to verizon. Right now I run Midco for internet but if it ever fails/drops theres always verizon to fall back on. Verizon is your best best for fastest/most consistent connection in the sticks. I don't work for em, jus trying to save ya $/headaches.

 

[deleted member]

They make stand alone hotspots

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I have one you can have for free. Just need service for it

 

[frozen4sioux]

The problem with the cellphone pland or standalone hotspots is the data limits.

The hotspots are limited to basically 15 Gb of high speed " read usable" internet.
Useless for streaming.

The only real even option for wireless is if you look into the whole home installed option.
But that isnt available everywhere.

 

[AR-15]

Had Hughes until phone co. put in fiber optic for their phone service, it worked good, it was a little slower then the new fiber but it worked all the time, unlike the old phone internet we had which was off a lot, think i paid about $60.00 per month

 

[wslayer]

We were Wild Blue until fiber came thru. Was pretty decent.

 

[Kentucky Windage]

Satellite internet is a scam. Don't do it. In your situation I'd get a verizon phone/plan with the unlimited plan and just run all your stuff off the hotspot. I think it's still available? I've never not had internet no matter where I go with verizon i guess.

unlimited hotspot is not included with the unlimited plan for Verizon. 15G per month is what I get. It’s BS if you ask me.

 

[Rut2much]

I see. Still check into it. I have 3 phones on my plan, all have the unlimited so if somebody is gone it wouldn't matter. I guess it would be a matter of you both having a verizon plan is all. I've lived in the sticks and ATT sucked comapred to verizon. Right now I run Midco for internet but if it ever fails/drops theres always verizon to fall back on. Verizon is your best best for fastest/most consistent connection in the sticks. I don't work for em, jus trying to save ya $/headaches.

Instead of guessing, try to find out which provider of the 2 has a tower in the nearest 10-15 mile radius as that is about max coverage for a single tower. Closer the better esp inside brick, shops, or under a tin roof.

 

[fj40]

does anyone have internet thru direct tv? I have Direct but was thinking about getting rid of it, But I need internet to stream sling, etc.

 

[Rut2much]

If you have internet through directv it's coming from at&t because that ladder bought out directv years ago. Which cellphone provider gets the best signal where you live: at&t or verizon? Be nice to have a buddy with each provider come do a signal and speed test and that would tell you which way to go.

 

[Up Y'oars]

For your home go thru Verizon and get a Mifi. All the homes data will come into the Mifi and your family will connect to it. Your phones will follow you and take whatever data is available off of your plan. The Mifi is now the 'thing' to have in the rural areas, as long as you can receive a decent signal. Weather 'kind of' still plays a factor and you might lose one bar in some unstable patterns in your immediate area.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Question about Fiber Optics that I cant find on NDTC website. Do they always trench up and install on/in the house ? Or is there an option to set an outdoor pedestal with wifi ?

 

[Davy Crockett]

I see T-mobile has a plan $ 20 a month unlimited internet for a tablet that allows hotspot and shows fair reception on the map. I'm thinking this will be ok short term.

Tablet Unlimited $20/month​

• Unlimited* high-speed data
• High-Definition Video Streaming
• Canada and Mexico: Unlimited texting and up to 5GB high-speed data
• International: Unlimited texting and up to 5GB high-speed data in 11 countries

*Notes: Customers may notice speeds lower than other customers and further reduction if using >50GB/month, due to data prioritization.

 

[Bauer]

Question about Fiber Optics that I cant find on NDTC website. Do they always trench up and install on/in the house ? Or is there an option to set an outdoor pedestal with wifi ?

Fiber is always plowed up to the home and terminated in an enclosure either mounted to the home, or to a post within a foot or two of the home. A fiber jumper is then run into the home to the electronic equipment. Once it is terminated in the home, there are several outdoor rated options you can install to get wifi coverage outside the home.

The problem with wifi being outdoors trying to get indoors can be compared to the heat/cold penetrating your home. Homes are built to keep things in and out, this includes the frequency spectrum of wifi. So having a post in your yard broadcasting wifi to the house is not going to give you a very good experience inside your home.

Do you have something specific you are trying to do?

 

[riverview]

i was hunting with a guy in montana that had an elon musk satellite and it worked good.

 

[Kurtr]

At my friends house down in Tennessee there is no cell coverage or internet and he has starlink i used it when i was there last month and it worked really good

 

[Davy Crockett]

Fiber is always plowed up to the home and terminated in an enclosure either mounted to the home, or to a post within a foot or two of the home. A fiber jumper is then run into the home to the electronic equipment. Once it is terminated in the home, there are several outdoor rated options you can install to get wifi coverage outside the home.

The problem with wifi being outdoors trying to get indoors can be compared to the heat/cold penetrating your home. Homes are built to keep things in and out, this includes the frequency spectrum of wifi. So having a post in your yard broadcasting wifi to the house is not going to give you a very good experience inside your home.

Do you have something specific you are trying to do?

I plan to build on a lot but not until next summer at the earliest, in the mean time, I stay in my camper quite a bit and would like to have internet.