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Howard Law

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I have rural property in the Ga mountains and have limited options. Mobil hot spot with att, DSL, or Hughes satellite. Suggestion, pros/cons, & why please. Please don't derail this thread as this is important.
 

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I get 5gigs of data on my phone plan every month for less than $50 can hot spot it as long as its not too many on it. heard the satellites are slow. DSL may be a fair choice if its available
 

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Speed is a consideration but data usage is a major factor too.

If raw data consumption is more important a DSL line would be the most secure and reliable means of connecting. For a while all my parents could get in the VA mountains was DSL and it was 3 notches above unusable slow in comparison to 4G on my phone.
 

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What speed dsl is available? It's based on distance and ranges from 768k to 12m depending on your distance from the cabinet.
 
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I wish I could get dsl. I'm on Excede and it sucks very much bad
 
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Woodstock

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DSL is available for $30-40/month.

Good,that's a better price than I had to pay. got rid of it and use cable now, which is cheaper.
Do they advertise what the speed on it is? My phone was faster,

Oh I saw the speed, wow if that's your download yeah the phone will be faster
 

sam

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I wish I could get dsl. I'm on Excede and it sucks very much bad
I live in Crawford county,have to pay $100 month for a home phone I never use and have slow ass DSL
public service telephone is only provider.no direct tv/dish/att
it freakin sucks
 
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I live in Crawford county,have to pay $100 month for a home phone I never use and have slow ass DSL
public service telephone is only provider.no direct tv/dish/att
it freakin sucks
You don't have to have local phone service to have dsl. Dsl should be $20-$30 per month without local phone.
 
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sam

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You don't have to have local phone service to have dsl. Dsl should be $20-$30 per month without local phone.
seriously? ive been paying $100 month for last 5 years
I will be calling monday
my Verizon cell works good and I can use my data plan a lot faster then this junk dsl