Internet question for people who live in the sticks

[NaturalBornHustler]

So I am looking at houses to rent with my lease being up, and I went to one today that was a little out there, in a location where they didn't have any underground lines run for internet and what not. They won't be putting any in either as the property is adjacent a state park.

The lady kind of threw that little tidbit in at the end, and I was like....wait what...no internet?? She said it had to be satellite based or some shit, and I guess maybe dial up because there IS a landline running to the house in that regard for a phone line.

Question is are there any other options? I mean this is a like a huge deal, and I have experienced satellite internet (through my phone hotspot) and it sucks dick and there is no way I would do that. There has to be some type of technology to get around this right or no?

That is obviously a dealbreaker if I have horribly slow internet, my office will be ran out of the house and that just wouldn't work.

[BeerAndPoker]

Satellite would probably be your only option if you can't get cable internet/dsl and satellite internet sucks.

I have a friend who lives in an area they won't run cable lines down his road it's sort of a dead end area and all he can get is satellite tv and internet which he hates it. He has lived in this house for around 10 years now and called the cable company that serves that area probably a few hundred times over the years and they have no intentions of ever putting lines in since it serves such a small amount of people and they don't find it to be a profitable move.

I'd look around someplace else.

[Crowe Diddly]

Is there any reliable cell service around? Is a service like Clear an option?

[NaturalBornHustler]

Is there any reliable cell service around? Is a service like Clear an option?

What the hell is Clear?

I noticed my phone was roaming when I was out there.

It is odd because it isn't like it is the middle of nowhere, I mean it is out in the country a little bit but not like miles from civilization.

[Crowe Diddly]

Is there any reliable cell service around? Is a service like Clear an option?

What the hell is Clear?

I noticed my phone was roaming when I was out there.

It is odd because it isn't like it is the middle of nowhere, I mean it is out in the country a little bit but not like miles from civilization.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Clear&l=1

In short, Clear (used to be Clearwire) is 4g internet. Subscribe, get a modem, and it connects via the same signal-type as a smartphone.

On their homepage, there's an option somewhere to pop your address in and see if their service works in your area. Probably take whatever they say with a grain of salt, tho, because those maps ain't always right.

[chinamaniac]

I had verizon dsl for 1.5 years and it never went down once and speeds were fine