How can people in the sticks get wireless broadband?

Question

I might go to the middle of nowhere, comcast is not available there like it is where I am now. People either use dial up or DSL I hate dial up and I hate phone lines and the phone company. Can you get broadband or something like that in the sticks on a wireless laptop?

I might go to Ky. I use cell phones and not landline phones. Yuck. I would hate to get a phone line just for net.

Answer 1

Let's take a look at this issue:
How do you access the Internet other than dial-up if you live too far from a phone company office for DSL and there is no cable TV on your street? Satellite Internet access may be worth considering. It's ideal for rural Internet users who want broadband access. Satellite Internet does not use telephone lines or cable systems, but instead uses a satellite dish for two-way (upload and download) data communications. Upload speed is about one-tenth of the 500 kbps download speed. Cable and DSL have higher download speeds, but satellite systems are about 10 times faster than a normal modem.

Firms that offer or plan to offer two-way satellite Internet include StarBand, Pegasus Express, Teledesic and Tachyon. Tachyon service is available today in the United States, Western Europe and Mexico. Pegasus Express is the two-way version of DirecPC.

Two-way satellite Internet consists of:
Approximately a two-foot by three-foot dish
Two modems (uplink and downlink)
Coaxial cables between dish and modem

The key installation planning requirement is a clear view to the south, since the orbiting satellites are over the equator area. And, like satellite TV, trees and heavy rains can affect reception of the Internet signals.

Two-way satellite Internet uses Internet Protocol (IP) multicasting technology, which means up to 5,000 channels of communication can simultaneously be served by a single satellite. IP multicasting sends data from one point to many points (at the same time) by sending data in compressed format. Compression reduces the size of the data and the bandwidth. Usual dial-up land-based terrestrial systems have bandwidth limitations that prevent multicasting of this magnitude.

Some satellite-Internet service still requires you to have a dial-up or cable modem connection for the data you send to the Internet. The satellite data downlink is just like the usual terrestrial link, except the satellite transmits the data to your computer via the same dish that would allow you to receive a Pay-Per-View television program.

So, if you are in a rural area and you want broadband access to the Internet, satellite Internet may be for you!

Hope I was able too help you understand what your asking for.
Good Luck!

Answer 2

Broadband Satellite Internet
**No Phone Lines Needed*

http://www.4wildblue.com/home.aspx

Answer 3

Naturally, you forgot to tell us WHERE on this tiny planet that you are from. So you left us with nothing to look up for you. I seriously doubt if you have Wireless Broadband in your area, but I am only guessing.

Get a price for DSL. Like them or not, that is your best and cheapest option. You are stuck with a phone anyway. Embrace the evil. Mark Twain didn't like the phone company over 100 years ago, so nothing has changed.

Check out the High Speed Internet Satelite service from Hughes-Net. http://www.hughesnet.com/

Answer 4

cellular instantaneous's are a complicated component, usually in only a foul area, you could attempt going to a quite some section and checking the speed again. If it hastens then a device or merchandise will be causing interference with the instantaneous signal.

Answer 5

i have ground based wireless lan system from my provider.. i live near bummfuct, and i have a dish (like direct tv), that is pointed at a hilltop 5 miles away that has a television repeater, cell tower.. this service isnt cheap at 40 bucks a month..

Answer 6

satellite as in satellite TV. Most have broadband capability

Answer 7

i use Sprint Mobiles Wi-Fi Router
http://www.sprint.com/business/products/products/pcsVisionPlan_tabA.html

or get
http://www.HughesNet.com

Answer 8

Sprint has a great service.
http://www.sprint.com/business/products/products/pcsVisionPlan_tabA.html