Is there a cheaper way to get internet service at rural home?
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Anonymous
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We just bought a second home in a rural part of Maryland. Internet service is either $110 for 25 (megabytes??) or $175 for 100 per month. This seems incredibly expensive to me particularly for a place we won’t be at every day.
Service is fiber cable. I have heard others used to use satellite but it was pretty spotty. But we would like to be able to stream television and movies when we are there. Is there some cheaper way or alternative I am not thinking about? |
Anonymous
| Satellite is the only option for very rural and it is both very expensive and very limited |
Anonymous
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T-Mobile OPen Internet has Over-the-Air 5G via cell towers.
https://www.t-mobile.com/home-internet/how-5g-home-internet-works |
Anonymous
| BTW, 1080p streams only requires around 6 Mbps. Compression on video feeds has gotten pretty good. |
Anonymous
most of rural america does not have coverage from 5g towers |
Anonymous
How do you find out? |
Anonymous
| Starlink. Not cheap, but works everywhere. |
Anonymous
| Definitely don't do satellite. Suck it up and pay for the most expensive plan |
Anonymous
First, look at the 5g maps the various cell companies publish, but those are usually best case coverage. If no coverage there, then one is done looking. If that seems to have coverage, then contact any potential providers of fixed 5G (e.g., T-Mobile) and ask. |
Anonymous
The older HughesNet satellite Internet is pretty poor performance and not cheap. Hughes’ satellites are older and are very high up in geosynchronous orbit. Starlink is also not cheap, but usually has good performance, partly because it is in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). |