Any suggestions for rural Internet?

[ncted]

Their bill runs around $60 to $65 with taxes. I thought it was a very solid price.

It is central Texas and there aren't a lot of trees between them and tower. I do see some houses in the area with 30 foot tall towers for that tiny satellite to get over treetops. That WISP company (2 to 3 guys) is making a killing signing up whole rural neighborhoods, even at that rate.

@OP, sooo.... they're just calling WISP fixed wireless, correct? Same technology?

Following thread as my in-laws also have a rural lake house with no WISP around. They're looking into options with Hughes & Dish. They have Direct satellite for TV.

I also have 2 of those Vizio smart TVs... um, monitors (no TV tuner). They were a pain to set up, but have worked fine since. They have a proximity feature. I had to use this. I assume it was using my phone bluetooth or DLNA to communicate between devices versus through the LAN. I did not like their ecosystem or casting at all. I hooked up a 4K Roku and never looked back.

It is WiMax on unlicensed spectrum, not LTE, and the antennas and backhaul are owned by the ISP. They are not reselling someone else's service. I am not sure what makes it a WISP vs. Fixed Wireless.

The proximity thing isn't working on the TV. It keeps displaying an message stating that both the TV and the phone need to be on the same wifi network.

 

[Jagosaurus]

Hm, sounds like an interesting ISP set up.

Maybe on the TV he can set it up elsewhere. The remote works once it is setup. If he's had the TV for a bit, they came out with a new remote.

 

[Mark609]

Their bill runs around $60 to $65 with taxes. I thought it was a very solid price.

It is central Texas and there aren't a lot of trees between them and tower. I do see some houses in the area with 30 foot tall towers for that tiny satellite to get over treetops. That WISP company (2 to 3 guys) is making a killing signing up whole rural neighborhoods, even at that rate.

I live north of Fredericksburg and am very interested in cutting the cord with DISH. Who is the provider? Is it Beecreek?
Thanks

 

[Jagosaurus]

Mark609

MICHAEL BONAFEDE
"Experts in iTechnologies"
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Considering it says BCS, assuming he's Brazos Valley. He might know someone your way though.

 

[Jagosaurus]

There's a couple of images of their WISP install. The "dish" is roughly 6 inches across. About the size of a standard wireless access point. It's pointed at a (relatively) near cell tower of course.

 

[comfortably_numb]

$69 for 40mbps is a very good deal for a rural area. Good work

 

[Mark609]

There's a couple of images of their WISP install. The "dish" is roughly 6 inches across. About the size of a standard wireless access point. It's pointed at a (relatively) near cell tower of course.

Thanks a bunch, I'm on it!

 

[ncted]

Update: my brother states that Hulu Live and Sling both have issues with buffering. Regular (non-live) Hulu content and YouTube do not have buffering issues. Do the live streams use more bandwidth than on-demand streams? Also, is there an OTT service which is more friendly to low bandwidth applications than Hulu or Sling?

 

[mdram]

what resolution is he trying to stream?

 

[ncted]

what resolution is he trying to stream?

Not sure. Presumably some kind of HD. I thought all these services gave you adaptive resolution anyway. Is there a way to set the video to a particular resolution on Sling or Hulu or others services?

 

[mdram]

not sure, 5mbps should be ok for 720, 1080 may need 8 or higher

 

[ncted]

not sure, 5mbps should be ok for 720, 1080 may need 8 or higher

Looks like Sling requires the lowest throughput at 5 Mbps. All others are higher, except for Philo. He is going to try some others, but I doubt he will do better than Sling, at least based on the published requirements.

 

[DawnB]

Yech-Our progressive technology gives you a reliable, secure, high speed connection of up to 6 mbps download and 1.5 mbps upload at an affordable cost. -$55 a month

I get that speed and have to pay $70 a month.


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