[Hidden-tech] Slow Internet in Conway

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 8 Aug 2016 14:09:03 -0400 Rich Roth <webmaster at hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> ---Executing: recode
> Not really a helpful short term solution  - esp if you've been following 
> the state and local battles for the last dozen or so years.
> 
> Hard to be specific without knowing an exact address
> 
> As for immediate solutions, here are some ideas, I'll let those closer 
> to you add more:
> 
> Easiest option is rent an office at McCluskys, in Buckland.
> 
> More tech options are:
> 
> 1) From your comment it sounds like you have actually tried satellite, 
> I've been amazed at how well Hughes net works in areas of Ashfield not 
> that far from you, with lots of trees also, even in winter with snow cover,
> Granted not that cheap, and has monthly band width limits.

All it takes to fail satellite is being on the *wrong* (read north) side of a
heavily forested hill. Merely being on the north side of a heavily forested
hill totally prevents satellite from working. Trees + Hill == NO satellite.
Trees alone won't stop the satellite (but can cause some problems) and a hill
alone won't stop the satellite (but can also cause problems), but the combo is
a killer, even if 1 mile down the road has "great" satellite reception. The
actual satellite is in geosyncronous orbit over the equator. For New England,
that puts the satellite somewhere "low" on the southern horizon (actually
southwestern horizon). The key here is "low" on the horizon if the bulk of the
hill is there AND has lots of trees on it, you are dead in the water.

> 
> 2) make sure you are not within range for DSL, Verizon is my last 
> company to recommend, BUT where that is within range it's not a bad 
> choice, and you'd be surprised what in range means in the hills.

Verizon is NOT selling *new* DSL accounts. If you don't already have DSL, you
can't sign up for it, even if you are right next door to the CO. It is *dead*
tech. ALL of the DSL tech is EOL. 

> 
> 3) While we should be past this option, and barely worth it today, years 
> ago I had dual POTS lines, with nailed 56K modems for 115K connection, 
> takes tech and a co-operative ISP

Good luck finding a "co-operative ISP".  Dialup ISPs are fading into the 
woodwork (yes they still exist, but are very low-end).

> 
> 4) For a real home brew solution some other HT's have done, is find 
> someone within range of one good option and of you, and setup a long 
> range Wifi connection or similar point to point link.
> 
> Maybe another local HTer can help.
> 
> Rich
> 
> On 8/8/2016 1:44 PM, roy at net-vantage.com wrote:
> > Contact Steve Kulik our rep in state house.
> >
> > Sent from my LG G4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
> >
> > ------ Original message------
> > *From: *Everything Computers
> > *Date: *Mon, Aug 8, 2016 1:36 PM
> > *To: *Hidden T ech;
> > *Cc: *
> > *Subject:*[Hidden-tech] Slow Internet in Conway
> >
> > Anyone have a solution to the slow internet in Conway?
> > _
> > _
> > _Problem_:
> >
> > Dish doesn't work, too many trees and hills
> >
> > Cell doesn't work, no towers = no service
> >
> > Dial-up takes way, way too long
> >
> > Any ideas as to what other choice I have??
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