Ok, so Internet at the farm is a problem and that is a problem for moi since I teach online classes.
So it boils down to either dial up (gasp, the horror!) or satellite. The dish people don't seem to know where to send me when I say Internet only, I'm not interested in TV. I'm not. We watch movies, play Wii, and sometimes I watch a crime drama on my laptop. So I have spent 45 minutes on hold collectively only to be disconnected repeatedly.
I'm going to try again after lunch. Advice and feedback if any of you all have dish Internet would be welcome.
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You might look into WildBlue (satellite). We've found it to be the best high speed option in the area.
ReplyDeleteI've actually got a call into them already based on your comments the other day . . . if you don't mind, who is the local installer you used?
ReplyDelete-Chad
We have WildBlue and LOVE it. I actually called up Dish Network and they set me up with the installation. We didn't do TV service when we started with the internet but I know that our local installer didn't do internet installations. Hope that helps! :)
ReplyDeleteI use Verizon. So if you have cell coverage you have internet as well. I took it all over with me this summer so that I could travel with the family and stay in school. It's awesome. The only place that it did not work was the Shenandoah mountains. Other than that, everywhere. :)
ReplyDeleteFunny I have had the same convo, with the cable people. No, I want the phone and the internet. It's almost as if they have no idea what to do with people who don't want the tv part. It would be funny if it wasn't so irritating.
We use wildblue as well-we got it through the electric co-op. It was our only option as well, since we didn't put in a phone line when we built.
ReplyDeleteDancing Heart Farm has dial up...we call it "Squirrel Internet". We commute into the city (an hour each way) and try to do as much internet as we can at the office.
ReplyDeleteOur neighbors (6 on our private road) talked with the cable company; they would run cable down to our place and the folks across the street for $30,000. Guess what we said?
The folks across the street recently went with Satellite. At this point, we aren't ready for the cost $$ with our in town option working sorta OK. We look forward to a day when we don't both trek to the city, and internet is more affordable in our rural setting.
Trusting your solution meets and exceeds your need.
Pamela