Anyone use satellite for internet and if so what do you use?

[efhmc]

Talked to a jerk at Viasat. Now looking at Hughes.

[badseedboy]

1. I live in the woods

and work online, so have tried them all but viasat. The best and current access is via my U.S. Cellular cellphone hotspot: fast and reliable.

[gay texan]

2. only use Hughes as a last resort

They really suck.

I am out in the sticks in west Texas and i use a wireless internet that available through my power co-op. You might want to see if something like that is available.

[Kali]

3. TWN?

It isn't great but it sure beats dial-up over 70 year old phone lines

[gay texan]

4. That's what im using. I've pretty good luck with it n/t

[Kali]

5. I had a cell phone stick for a laptop for a couple of years

it was a lot better than the TWN wifi (the tower is on a small mountain right behind my house) but it was only good for one device at a time. the wifi is ok and we run 3 computers and a couple tablets off of it most of the time. it craps out pretty often but like I said, I was on really slow dial up until 2012 or thereabouts!

[jcgoldie]

6. I have hughesnet

It works good you can stream. The drawback of course is bandwidth per month pretty much makes hulu or whatever internet tv impractical. We pay $80/mo for 50 GB... after that you are throttled unless you want to pay $3 per GB for tokens. I have been considering trying rural4g through the cell towers.

[efhmc]

7. I am just a bit too far from the Tower from the company I use for my phone.

I went ahead and got the satellite service but the second the cell phone people can hook me up I am using them. They are half the price and twice the speed.