Comments on: Rural Internet Woes: Stupid Aircards!

By: Dave @ Sandia Courtyard Hotel

Dave @ Sandia Courtyard Hotel — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:27:51 +0000

Nowadays you can set your smartphone up to be a wireless hotspot. Its still not as nice as having your internet actually work, but it beats an aircard for sure.

By: jennina@childrenssleepingbagsstore

jennina@childrenssleepingbagsstore — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:21:18 +0000

Good for you, you have your internet back! I think your internet is very important.

By: james@will writer

james@will writer — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:20:00 +0000

When I went to stay with a friend in Weymouth in the UK, it was like stepping back a couple of decades. We were staying out in this place where the internet connection was so bad I gave up after a while with trying to open more than one window. Tabs? Don’t be silly. I appreciate my connection so much more now!

By: Mike@Cure For Snoring

Mike@Cure For Snoring — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:57:07 +0000

Yeah i know how is when you are used to high speed internet and then fall back. We even dont know how priviledged we are in our country to have those speeds of internet.

By: Dan @ lake of the ozarks real estate

Dan @ lake of the ozarks real estate — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:01:54 +0000

Now that it’s been a few months, how has it been working? Have you had to switch to something else by now? I ask because things that seem good in the beginning sometimes suck later. My Droid was awesome for the first few weeks, now the GPS stopped working. What’s the point of making something that stops working soon enough.

By: Scott@Wireless broadband

Scott@Wireless broadband — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:49:09 +0000

Just so you are aware of all your options, if you live out in a rural area with a weak mobile phone tower signal, you can try using a 3G or 3.5G modem with an external antenna for your mobile wireless broadband service. This should boost the signal to a usable level (Some providers offer several different external antenna options, some of which are meant to ‘super-boost’ the signal speed).

If you are in an area with an extremely poor or non-existent 3G signal, then satellite is probably the way to go. A 300mb daily download limit is the norm for satellite connections in remote areas. If providers allowed people a larger download limit then the satellite would run out of capacity.

By: Joe@Satellite Internet

Joe@Satellite Internet — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:09:47 +0000

300Mb/day bandwidth cap? That’s just wrong, but I guess it’s better than nothing. The bad thing about satellite Internet service is that it’s weather dependent. Periods of heavy rain, snow, cloud cover or dust storms, will usually interrupt your service, but you can reduce the effects of bad weather to a certain degree by getting a larger dish. A larger dish provides more dish surface area. More dish surface area equals higher signal gains. In addition, for the winter months, you can purchase a specially designed dish cover to help reduce snow and ice buildup.

By: sarika@mobile banking credit union

sarika@mobile banking credit union — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:35:14 +0000

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By: Joseph Reed

Joseph Reed — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:06:44 +0000

Yes now also in rural areas, there is internet with very slow speed. Some people are now also using dial up internet connection instead of Broadband.

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