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Anyone use satellite for internet and if so what do you use? (Original Post) efhmc Apr 2020 OP
I live in the woods badseedboy Apr 2020 #1
only use Hughes as a last resort gay texan Apr 2020 #2
TWN? Kali Apr 2020 #3
That's what im using. I've pretty good luck with it n/t gay texan Apr 2020 #4
I had a cell phone stick for a laptop for a couple of years Kali Apr 2020 #5
I have hughesnet jcgoldie Apr 2020 #6
I am just a bit too far from the Tower from the company I use for my phone. efhmc Apr 2020 #7

badseedboy

(174 posts)
1. I live in the woods
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 12:55 PM
Apr 2020

and work online, so have tried them all but viasat. The best and current access is via my U.S. Cellular cellphone hotspot: fast and reliable.

gay texan

(2,890 posts)
2. only use Hughes as a last resort
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 01:06 PM
Apr 2020

They really suck.

I am out in the sticks in west Texas and i use a wireless internet that available through my power co-op. You might want to see if something like that is available.

Kali

(55,820 posts)
5. I had a cell phone stick for a laptop for a couple of years
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 05:50 PM
Apr 2020

it was a lot better than the TWN wifi (the tower is on a small mountain right behind my house) but it was only good for one device at a time. the wifi is ok and we run 3 computers and a couple tablets off of it most of the time. it craps out pretty often but like I said, I was on really slow dial up until 2012 or thereabouts!

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
6. I have hughesnet
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 07:34 PM
Apr 2020

It works good you can stream. The drawback of course is bandwidth per month pretty much makes hulu or whatever internet tv impractical. We pay $80/mo for 50 GB... after that you are throttled unless you want to pay $3 per GB for tokens. I have been considering trying rural4g through the cell towers.

efhmc

(15,021 posts)
7. I am just a bit too far from the Tower from the company I use for my phone.
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 08:59 PM
Apr 2020

I went ahead and got the satellite service but the second the cell phone people can hook me up I am using them. They are half the price and twice the speed.

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