[Cialug] Satellite ISPs

[Matt]

Jim,
            You might check some of the local ISP's in the area.  You
might try checking out Prarie Inet.  They offer point to point wireless,
and from what I've heard, it's pretty decent.
 
http://www.prairieinet.net/
 
Matt Breitbach
 
-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Cole
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:11 PM
To: cialug at cialug.org
Subject: [Cialug] Satellite ISPs
 
Are they really that bad?  I've never tried it but I work from home and
VPN into my company..someone in my office had the satellite service for
a bit and said VPN worked and it was usable. I've never experiences it. 

I'm looking to purchase land outside of Nevada, IA(78 acres) for a new
house but that probably doesn't get DSL or cable. I'm considering trying
Satellite prior to buying the land to see if it'll work and I'm also
considering talking to some ISPs about putting in a WiMax system..I know
one ISP is looking into it and it has a 20 mile line of sight range..I
need to see if this land will be able to hit the tower they're looking
at for this. Yeah, I might pay $2000 for the receiver but it's not that
much..I looked at another house and mediacom wanted $8000 to run a line
to the house..800 feet from the nearest pole with cable on it. 

-Jim



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