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Ask YC: I'm looking for Rural High-Speed Internet Service
2 points by donna on Nov 19, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments
The phone company won't provide DSL, I'm eight miles from the central office. There's no cable available, and no cell signal (I'm in a valley). Any suggestion?


Either satellite http://www.wildblue.com/ with awful latency or get creative http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2002/pulpit_20020207_0007...

no good solution though-- other than moving.


thanks, i'll check them out. 101 acres in CA Redwood forest.. we're off the grid, (solar, spring, propane) except for a 14.4 phone line that is buried under the horses corral. Gotta love it!


How far away from a cell signal are you?

You might want to invest in a directional antenna mounted on a pole high enough to paint the cell tower. A good cell signal repeater using that antenna can pull three bars of signal strength down into your house/office.


~2.5k/month for a dedicated line? At least you'll have port 80 open!


DirecTV can hook you up with satellite service.


In the US?

Move to a first world country.


;-D we're part of the third world in the first world!




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