I am in Tennessee about 25 miles outside Nashville. We are using Sprint Wireless because the BEST we can get dialup is 24kbps (yes, 24, not 56 or near) due to old wires that AT&T is not willing to replace in the 6 years we have been here.
We are on the 'border' between Comcast and Charter cable, and neither of them will give us service. Charter will install if we insist, but at $24,000.00 install charge they quoted, it is out of the picture. AT&T DSL is available 3 miles from here in any direction, but not here. There is Wimax from Clear available in Nashville, but again, it doesn't reach here. We can get a T1 for $300US/mo + install. I know several people in the 'toolies' (outback, rural areas) other places that get internet access for reasonable prices, but between the politicians, providers, regulations, it is turning much of the USA into a backwater with less access than many 3rd world countries. I am starting to thing I need to set up a UUCP server again like I used 20 years ago. We did try Wildblue, but on their 'commercial service' the 2,500 mSec propagation delay made the 24kbaud dialup seem fast. I saw the up/down link being slow, but on top of that the down link went to New York state, it went through repeaters/routers in NYC, then Chicago, before being relayed to Colorado, where it was finally dropped on the open internet. I couldn't get them to change the satellite repeater to a satellite that was over the central part of the USA (yes, they do have a bird in the area), but that wasn't possible. Over 4 months of the 12 month contract we had no service (yes, I documented it, and requested refunds, that did eventually show up, but that too was as slow as their service). ... We haven't tried Hughes, but after having Wildblue recommended to me by a service provider in the area that said he tested both services, I doubt I will find any more luck. To be fair, FTPing big files with Wildblue when it worked, was OK, still slower than than the service they quoted and said I paid for, but it did work. Anything interactive, like web use, was horrible. Grumble, grumble, whine, grumble. ... Jack ... on the end of a tin can with a string in the 'outback of Tennessee'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
