Internet Problem

[DennyDay]

Having trouble deciding what to do for internet service - - - My choices are as follows



1. Cable TV - - I'm not a cable TV subscriber (Use direct TV) and they will not supply internet service with out a cable TV subscription.



2. Telephone - - The phone company advertises DSL or whatever service in our area, but not available where I live. Neighbor has it and sez' t sucks.



3. Dish - - - Damned expensive. Either 600. 00 up front and 59. 00 a month or 99. 00 per month for 15 months, then 59. 00/month.



4 Stay with dialup - - way slow when it works.





Not much of a choice, I guess I'm looking for sombody who has Direcway to tell me how good it is. (o how bad it is)



I know someone out there can help me.



Denny

 

[jwilliams3]

Cable internet.

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

There's nothing wrong with DSL IF it's available in your area. When I was in your shoes I sucked it up and got my TV service through cable along with my internet. The minute DSL was available in my area I dropped cable and when to Dish Network and DSL. You don't want to go with satellite internet unless you have no other options.

 

[Rman]

are there any fixed wireless providers around you? That's what I have and it works well, comparable in price. I see speeds close to 1 MBps most of the time. My Up speeds are about half that. Very reasonable for my surfing time.

 

[Texas Diesel]

What Rman said.



If there are no wireless providers in your area here is an idea. It worked for me.



Buy a used 60' tower, I bought one for $100. Dig a hole 6' deep, set the tower in it and fill concrete.



Get the GPS coordinates for the tower and email all the wireless companies in your area.



I had 3 respond that they were interested, one showed up with a check.



I now have 700kbps wireless and they pay me $600 a year to stay on my tower, they pay the insurance (insist on no less than 2million liability).



Now I get paid to have high speed wireless

 

[Rman]

I was going to suggest being a provider yourself, plenty of companies look to expand, but finding the space is difficult. Check covenants and ordinances before you start digging though