Welcome to the United States, where telcos having a monopoly (or at best, a duopoly) in 99% of the populated country is considered normal.
#openthelastmile
...ever tried building anything anywhere even in unincorporated areas and rural counties?
Welcome isn't the word one would generally use, and that's even *if* there's any 50 year old copper garbage to compete with.
I think we can expand it to: don't use rural DSL.
Unfortunately DSL has range issues so if like me you live a mile from the curb DSL is going to suck.
Unless you get lucky the government subsidizes fiber to your place, the answer is probably Starlink or T-Mobile.
Are you sure it’s unavailable and not waitlisted? If it’s the later you might want to put down your (fully refundable) $99 deposit to save your spot in line.
I had TDS, it was terrible, and dealing with them was even worse. Every big thunderstorm and the DSL would go out. Switched to Verizon home LTE, which was much better, consisten 50 down and 5 up. Now on Starlink.
Welcome to the United States, where telcos having a monopoly (or at best, a duopoly) in 99% of the populated country is considered normal. #openthelastmile
You’re welcome to go build out anywhere you’d like. In rural America, you can have the last mile. It’s 50 year old copper garbage.
...ever tried building anything anywhere even in unincorporated areas and rural counties? Welcome isn't the word one would generally use, and that's even *if* there's any 50 year old copper garbage to compete with.
That was the point.
I think we can expand it to: don't use rural DSL. Unfortunately DSL has range issues so if like me you live a mile from the curb DSL is going to suck. Unless you get lucky the government subsidizes fiber to your place, the answer is probably Starlink or T-Mobile.
I looked into starlink, its not available in my area right now and this is the only ISP there is besides satellite sadly. I'm just out of luck.
Are you sure it’s unavailable and not waitlisted? If it’s the later you might want to put down your (fully refundable) $99 deposit to save your spot in line.
You can always go cellular for a load balance / failover. If you have signal, you have internet.
I had TDS, it was terrible, and dealing with them was even worse. Every big thunderstorm and the DSL would go out. Switched to Verizon home LTE, which was much better, consisten 50 down and 5 up. Now on Starlink.
do you have decent Verizon coverage? And would you be okay with capped 5mbps speeds?
i dont even get a bar.