[Hidden-tech] Un-Connected in Shutesbury

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:35:37 -0400 Dede Wilson <dede at dedewilson.com> wrote:

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> Can anybody help me strategize? Im on the Shutesbury/Amherst border
> (but in Shutesbury proper) and currently my only broadband access is
> thru a Verizon cell connection WHICH SUCKS (sorry for yelling). Im at
> my wits end after chatting with Verizon once again about hardware
> choices and such. I would truly appreciate a chat with someone that
> might be able to help me figure out my other options. If I have to wear
> an aluminum hat, I am willing. Im desperate.

Well if you can't get Verizon's DSL, your only other option is satellite
Internet (Wildblue or HughesNet, with Wildblue being the better deal). 
Note: satellite is no great win either: bad weather can take it out, it
can be blocked by unfortunately located trees or hills.  And of course
there is the FAP to sneak up on you and give you a bad Internet day. 
And the latency precludes things like video conferencing or VPN.

Oh, as you have discovered: Wireless Broadband is the oxymoron of the
21st century.

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> Dede Wilson
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