Re: wireless broadband providers exist
Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 19:55 (UTC-0500):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500):
>>> Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high
>>> speed internet in the area I reside in.
That's how it was where I live now when I moved here, where all utilities except
satellite dishes and TV antennas are underground. It still applies for wired
broadband, but now there's wireless to compete with it.
>>> No other providers are allowed.
>> That could be a historical concept, depending exactly on where you live. Some of
>> us mericans who formerly had no access to real broadband except via prohibitively
>> expensive, high latency satellite dish now have broadband provided wirelessly. All
>> the big cablecos have been slowly rolling it out. The areas covered are limited,
>> with limited overlap among providers. The targets so far have been mostly areas
>> unserved by traditional cable, but there is overlap. Maybe you should check with
>> T-Mobile:
>> https://www.allconnect.com/local/oh/columbus
> I already have and the can not provide service
> This is the only provider available as per their site
Google some more. That is not the only site that purports to show available
providers by area. If you have a mobile phone, ask that company when it intends to
provide broadband where you live, if it doesn't advertise it already.
> Spectrum
> <https://www.allconnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Spectrum_RA.png>Spectrum
> Internet
...
> Should I go with spectrum?
Here in Florida, @*.rr.com email addresses, as yours appears to be, belong to
Spectrum subscribers. Who is your ISP now?
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