Comments on: Rural Internet Woes: Stupid Aircards!

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: John

John — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:30:54 +0000

Now this post struck a chord – I’m in the UK and have a great connection at home. When we visit my wifes parents on the Isle of Lewis every summer I have to go to the internet cafe to get any work done. Where they stay has no signal for a dongle and they only have dial up in the house.

Dial up?! Anything more than sending a few emails then forget it! I’ve actually hit submit to build a page, walked away from my laptop to make coffee and got back before the page is done!

I love my connection – screw with it at your peril . . .
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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: Jane from Instyler Reviews

Jane from Instyler Reviews — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:48:25 +0000

I use a Verizon air card. It works well when ever there’s a tower nearby. My most remote location was in the smokies in north carolina last year. I was in a small town called hot springs in Madison county north west of ashville. I sat in a cafe outdoors and worked off my laptop no problem. There was a tower about 10 miles away at the top of a nearby mountain. I could still get a connection at my uncle’s house further up in the mountains toward the Tennessee line–but the connection was slow.
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By: sarika@mobile banking credit union

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

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By: Joe@Puppy Chewing

Joe@Puppy Chewing — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:04:25 +0000

What happened to this administrations promise to bring the internet to all! Where is al gore when we need him.
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