My parents and sister happen to live in an area that is short on internet service options.
They can opt for a local wireless ISP provider, which has relatively low bandwidth (2Mbps for $49/mo, 8Mbps for $99/mo) but no data transfer caps or latency issues. At least, I hope so - I put in a info request to them to find out.
They can also opt for a satellite provider likeExege Exede (formerly WildBlue) or HughesNet. But beyond the data transfer caps, they have high latency and expensive equipment to purchase. Blessedly, they have a wide-open southern sky view.
Exege Exede appears to be the most reasonable, simply because they have a 5-hour "unlimited" window daily that I can time the download of updates and big downloads in. But outside of that window, they're capped at 10GB a month. I forsee that being a big problem, particularly if my sister starts streaming a lot of YouTube.
There's also the 3G or 4G cell phone internet providers, however none of the providers have a particularly good signal. We could possibly put in an antenna on a tall TV antenna tower, but we still have the issue of our closest tower being 5 miles away. I'm also not aware of any good options to connect such an antenna to a 3G or 4G router.
They're 7 miles from their phone provider's central office, so DSL is out. So is any form of cable provider.
Any options that I'm missing? Any recommendations on providers?
They can opt for a local wireless ISP provider, which has relatively low bandwidth (2Mbps for $49/mo, 8Mbps for $99/mo) but no data transfer caps or latency issues. At least, I hope so - I put in a info request to them to find out.
They can also opt for a satellite provider like
There's also the 3G or 4G cell phone internet providers, however none of the providers have a particularly good signal. We could possibly put in an antenna on a tall TV antenna tower, but we still have the issue of our closest tower being 5 miles away. I'm also not aware of any good options to connect such an antenna to a 3G or 4G router.
They're 7 miles from their phone provider's central office, so DSL is out. So is any form of cable provider.
Any options that I'm missing? Any recommendations on providers?