[ale] alternative to dial-up

[George Johnson]

There are satallite solutions also but they cost around $70 a month and
may still be fast download and dialup up load.  That may have changed
though.  They are more expensive to set up also.  If I were where you
are I would set it up for sure.

gj

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 00:24, Ronald Chmara wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2003, at 10:57 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:
> > i have recently moved to a rural area and am having trouble with my 
> > internet
> > connection.  actually it is my telephone service as a whole, someone's
> > electric fence is "bleeding" into my line.  the consistant "hummmm pop,
> > hummmm pop, hummmm pop" is allowing me to connect at a blistering 
> > 21600 on a
> > good night.  needless to say, i am looking at a different way to 
> > connect for
> > my internet connection.  cable and dsl are (according to official 
> > sources) 5
> > years away, at best.
> > the telephone company (CenturyTel) says they are uninterested in 
> > running a
> > new line or tracing the problem, so i am stuck as they are the only 
> > service
> > in the area.
> > has anyone used DirecWav or some other similar service?  i plan on 
> > looking
> > at "dslreports" later today, but was curious if anyone had a 
> > suggestion.
> >
> 
> Well, it might be costly, but if you can get a digital cellular signal 
> (PCS or whatnot), you could ride on top of that (useless if you're so 
> rural that even cellular doesn't work). You could order a whole ton of 
> pairs to your house (say, 24 or so...), and then cancel the service 
> (for 24 pairs, they might be more willing to get a decent line out to 
> you, or maybe at least they'd run *some* clean copper). You could also 
> figure out your physical cable run, and either fix it yourself, or 
> eliminate the interference. I guess if you were feeling *really* 
> ambitious, you could turn into a rural ISP, and buy decent trunks...
> 
> Just brainstorming..
> 
> -Bop
> 
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