My parents and I (thankfully I'll only be there for one more year) are moving to a house up near El Dorado Hills, CA for you locals. A little podunk town called Pilot Hill, a few miles off of Highway 49.
There is no broadband internet service up here whatsoever.
The only readily-available option aside from dialup service is satellite internet. Wildblue seems to be the company of choice, advertising speeds of 1.5Mb/s. If they're advertising this speed, obviously it's even lower, not to mention latency, signal availability, etc.
Utterly atrocious.
My father, despite not even knowing how to turn a computer on --he has never used one in his entire life, ever -- is not completely averse to having the nearest cable, FiOS or DSL provider custom route the necessary lines and equipment needed to provide access to our house (and presumably the immediate area).
Does anyone know anything about this, has anyone had it done, etc. Any possible information you have would be useful, as I have absolutely no knowledge or experience with this sort of thing. I'm not even sure if it's possible, ie if the companies are willing to do it. Statements like "it's expensive" aren't exactly helpful, as I'm well aware of that. If you know *how* expensive exactly, or can at least give a ballpark figure, that *would* be helpful.
I tried explaining this to my dad, about just how much of a step back satellite or dialup would be...I compared it to him going from his shiny 52" 1080p LCD back to a 19" box from 1965, and he all of a sudden understood, hah.
I'm really dreading moving because of this...the house kicks ass and I'll post pics later, but this internet thing has me very concerned...
t3h gay!
There is no broadband internet service up here whatsoever.
The only readily-available option aside from dialup service is satellite internet. Wildblue seems to be the company of choice, advertising speeds of 1.5Mb/s. If they're advertising this speed, obviously it's even lower, not to mention latency, signal availability, etc.
Utterly atrocious.
My father, despite not even knowing how to turn a computer on --he has never used one in his entire life, ever -- is not completely averse to having the nearest cable, FiOS or DSL provider custom route the necessary lines and equipment needed to provide access to our house (and presumably the immediate area).
Does anyone know anything about this, has anyone had it done, etc. Any possible information you have would be useful, as I have absolutely no knowledge or experience with this sort of thing. I'm not even sure if it's possible, ie if the companies are willing to do it. Statements like "it's expensive" aren't exactly helpful, as I'm well aware of that. If you know *how* expensive exactly, or can at least give a ballpark figure, that *would* be helpful.
I tried explaining this to my dad, about just how much of a step back satellite or dialup would be...I compared it to him going from his shiny 52" 1080p LCD back to a 19" box from 1965, and he all of a sudden understood, hah.
I'm really dreading moving because of this...the house kicks ass and I'll post pics later, but this internet thing has me very concerned...
t3h gay!