#ruralinternet — Public Fediverse posts

@FlashMobOfOne we are graduating from cell phone modems so this is life-changing

#RuralInternet #RealInternet

We are cleaning the garage for the, brace for it, ARRIVAL OF INTERNET CABLE on the 27th. As my son says, best Christmas present EVER.

Cell phone modems in 2025: it sure has been a drag…

#rural #RuralInternet

Well, evidently the internet has decided that I shouldn’t look at pictures today. Not even for news stories. Bah

This level of shoddiness is an order of magnitude and then some

Average speed (for Verizon): 95

Our speed: 4

#ruralinternet #verizon #ShoddyService

For those living beyond the fiber optic frontier, CNET's released their list of best rural internet providers for 2025. Because 'high-speed' shouldn't be a myth, even if you're out in the boonies.

#RuralInternet #TechNews #Broadband #Connectivity
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/best-rural-internet-providers/#ftag=CAD590a51e
What's the most creative way you've ever tried to boost a weak signal?

@blueghost @libreoffice

We use LibreOffice for everything except final submission around here! Not only is it free, but LibreOffice is HAPPY to default to storage in the folder you tell it instead of stealing all your data and putting it in the cloud

We're on rural internet; cloud-based files aren't always accessible. When I turn on my machine, I want access to the things I've written! Apparently, this is considered radical thinking in 2025!

#RuralInternet #LibreOffice #DownWithMicrosoft

Trump is trying to kill #ruralinternet because the law that pays for it has ‘equity’ in the name

https://www.fastcompany.com/91335032/trump-attacks-digital-equity-act-rural-internet

Saw this bit of good news recently... https://communitynetworks.org/content/oswego-county-ny-nabs-26-million-connectall-grant-expand-fiber-access?mc_cid=790dfa095e

#ISLR #CommunityNetwork #fiber #RuralInternet

Alphabet Spins Off Taara, Launching Laser Internet Rival to Elon Musk's Starlink

#Alphabet #Google #Taara #Starlink #InternetAccess #RuralInternet #Connectivity #ElonMusk #Laser

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/03/17/alphabet-spins-off-taara-launching-laser-internet-rival-to-elon-musks-starlink-xcxwbn/

#capitalism #inflation #greed #tech #broadband #ruralinternet #internet https://www.engadget.com/isps-are-fighting-to-raise-the-price-of-low-income-broadband-220620369.html

1 in 5 live in rural areas of the USA but city folk often seem to believe it's basically nobody...

#TheresPeopleOutHere
#RuralInfrastructureMatters
#RuralInternet
#Rural
#Urban

Can you see my thoughts, beamed to you via LTE, after travelling by wifi from my chair to router, then 100 metres via network cable to this post stuck in the Oak Ridge Moraine?

#ruralInternet

At long last, the local utility installed the hardware for our home fiber internet this morning.

The speed test results as I post this: 939 Mbps down and 931 Mbps up.

This is absolutely amazing for us since we live where directions include "Turn off the paved road."

#FiberOptic #RuralBroadband #RuralInternet #InternetAccess

How do you feel about #satelliteinternet

I was camping in Wyoming last summer and was weirded out by what I later learned was a Starlink train of low-orbit satellites. It was spooky!

New article on Amazon's Project Kuiper nearing production: https://www.geekwire.com/2023/amazon-antennas-kuiper-satellite-network/

#projectkuiper #loworbitsatellite #spacejunk #homesteading #ruralinternet

How #connectivity giants are embracing the space race: AT&T and Verizon are collaborating with #satellite players to plug connectivity gaps.
#RuralInternet
https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2023/01/31/how-internet-incumbents-are-embracing-the-space-race

Casting a message out to the #Fediverse.

Has anyone tried to do any Work From Home scenarios using satellite internet services?

The county that I'm looking to move to only has broadband to parts of the county, and some of the more desirable locations (to me anyway) don't have it.

Also - Starlink isn't available there yet (according to their map).

Any input is welcome!

TIA

#RuralInternet
#InternetAccess
#Internet
#Satellite