Who is your ISP?

[94BULLITT]

I currently have Verizon DSL and I am happy with it. It is fast enough for me, reliable and reasonably priced. I would like to do away with my phone line so the DSL would have to go. Right now I am exploring my options. So who is your ISP?

 

[RalphVa]

We use Embarq, now CenturyLink, DSL. It's good, faster than this hotel wireless I'm using right now.

Ralph

 

[Sysop]

I love my Comcast Business Class Cable. Some places they rock, some places they suck. So if they're one of your options, talk to your neighbors and see what their experiences with the local office is.

 

[murphy1244]

I'm stuck with Time Warner, only thing going out here now.

 

[94BULLITT]

We don't have cable here.

 

[murphy1244]

We don't have cable here.

Your lucky

 

[lostcreekranch]

We are too far from anywhere to have DSL at the ranch so installed Wild Blue Excede 12 mB and it works great. Have it connected to a Wi-Fi router so can use throughout the ranch house. House has metal roof so lose Wi-Fi signal about 100 ft. from house. Have to rely on AT&T 4G at shop and barns. We have looked at installing repeater at house but,all of our out buildings have metal roofs and siding so will not work.

Townhouse in Houston has AT&T DSL connected to Wi-Fi router.

Both work very well.

Rick

 

[DANOCHEESE]

I have the best internet available from a cable company,,, one gig, sub 4msec latency to core.

 

[Egbert]

"Have to rely on AT&T 4G at shop and barns."

Test this out for me

Home | Ayrstone

 

[Wagtail]

I've got Telstra 'Bigpond" ADSL2. Works great and the company calls me up twice a year to see if there are any problems or if there's a better deal for me.

Couldn't be happier. :thumbsup:

(May not be available in your State, though.)

 

[lostcreekranch]

"Have to rely on AT&T 4G at shop and barns." Test this out for me Home | Ayrstone

Line of sight requirement is a problem.

Thanks

 

[JimRB]

In many markets you can get no dial tone DSL. DSL run on copper, not on a dial tone.

 

[dmccarty]

We have Century for our one and only land line based Internet. Their service stinks but we have no cable or other competition. People all over the county complain about slow and no service. They are doing upgrades to the system and service has improved but we only get 1.5 mbps down yet houses 1/4 mile away, on a different network segment, get 10 mbps.

Internet is far more important to us than a land line. Even with our bad service there is no other option that is as affordable and provides the amount of data we use per month.

A land line phone is useful for 911 calls, service in power outages, and we use the number to give to people we don't want to talk too. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[lostcreekranch]

We have Century for our one and only land line based Internet. Their service stinks but we have no cable or other competition. People all over the county complain about slow and no service. They are doing upgrades to the system and service has improved but we only get 1.5 mbps down yet houses 1/4 mile away, on a different network segment, get 10 mbps. Internet is far more important to us than a land line. Even with our bad service there is no other option that is as affordable and provides the amount of data we use per month. A land line phone is useful for 911 calls, service in power outages, and we use the number to give to people we don't want to talk too. :laughing::laughing::laughing: Later, Dan

As far as I know both Wild Blue Excede and the Hughes equivalent satellite based systems are available throughout USA.

Rick

 

[94BULLITT]

Thanks for the replies. I looked into all of the ISP's you all mentioned that are available in my area. Right now it looks like I can't beat the price of my current phone bill including the DSL. Plus the DSL is unlimited and reliable. I will continue to search. I just have no use for a Land line.

In many markets you can get no dial tone DSL. DSL run on copper, not on a dial tone.

They call it a dry line. Verizon says they do not do that any more. Maybe I need to threaten to cancel the service and they will offer it.

A land line phone is useful for 911 calls, service in power outages, and we use the number to give to people we don't want to talk too. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

I have used my phone in power outages. I thought the cell towers had so sort of back up power.

 

[Bird]

We have both land line and DSL (10mbps) Internet from CenturyLink (used to be CenturyTel). I'm satisfied with them.

 

[oosik]

Shoot - here I have no tele land line, no cable, no DSL - just clear, blue open skies. My ISP is Hughes Net. Works good for me and provides service 99.9% of the time. My tele is cell phone which works about 50% of the time - this more than satisfies me.

 

[fordmantpw]

We have wireless (WiFi) service through a local provider. The same as the wireless router in your house, only expanded over many miles with much stronger equipment. It is the only thing available other than cellular and satellite-based services here.

I'm extremely happy with 12Mb download and 8Mb upload speeds.

 

[dmccarty]

As far as I know both Wild Blue Excede and the Hughes equivalent satellite based systems are available throughout USA.

Rick

We cannot use satellite because of its latency issues and data limits.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

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I have used my phone in power outages. I thought the cell towers had so sort of back up power.

Cell is supposed to have backup, but for us, the cell is not as reliable as a land line in a power outage. I don't know if it is the tower that runs out of power or some other link, but cell has not been as reliable in a power outage for us compared to the land line. We also like having the land line as a backup communication device.

Later,
Dan