Not in the USA friend I’m in central Canada. There’s only internet here at my house out in the country using my cell phone and a $700 cell booster. On a waiting list to get internet that supposed to be here sometime in the fall. (Looks outside at the winter snow).
Cell service isn’t a guarantee out here. Not enough population to warrant the cost of an expansive network to provide service in areas it might not be used by anyone. Major cities and small towns have service, sure. Small towns all had phone service via telephone lines and banking systems can use that with slower modems(yeah the dial up bank card systems are still in place out here in places.)
I’ve looked into Elon musks star link, but waiting on the competition service in case I can bundle mine and my wife’s cell phones (along with the kids) with the internet to cut down on all the costs. If I can’t, so be it but waiting on the option.
The internet’s origins aren’t mysterious. Historically it’s a toss up between believing the military had it first for systems and remote locations or if the universities had the “real” internet first because non military people could use it. First was connected systems, then message boards, then websites, and so on til here we are. Shady players making bad apps and sites is an issue alright, but like you advise in not tossing money into shit coins, we also advise not tossing your personal info onto shady web services. DTA, Don’t Trust Anyone. My father also worked for 2 different phone companies in his life installing the equipment and repairing it, so I’ve gotten to see the physical hardware the internet in my area was running on, including the fibre. It’s pretty cool up close, gotta admit. But getting dirt cheap fibre optic ran to my house? No providers here will do it cheap. Closest place that will have fibre to tap into and bring my way is 50km ish away if there’s no dark fibre they can use closer to me to run a shorter distance. Even if they could tap into it ran down the nearby main highway that’s still a 12-13km run to me. Not exactly cheap, although I wish I was.
There’s only internet here at my house out in the country using my cell phone and a $700 cell booster.
Holy shit.
What is the cause for that situation? I mean overall. I have friends in US who still use expensive and shitty as fuck ADSL over copper wires, and there are no any other providers. That is impossible in Russia. There will be few providers with fiber and lowest possible prices to choose from in that situation.
Closest place that will have fibre to tap into and bring my way is 50km ish away if there’s no dark fibre they can use closer to me to run a shorter distance. Even if they could tap into it ran down the nearby main highway that’s still a 12-13km run to me. Not exactly cheap, although I wish I was.
IDK, but 1km of 2 fiber single-mode self-holding cable cost something near $100 -$150 here. You could just drop it along the road if you are really far from civilisation. Hanging it on electric poles could cost additional $50-$100 per km including some payments to owner of poles, or you could deal on some kind of rent for cheap. Should not be a big deal for Canadian salaries ( average IT junior ~ $4K/month IIRC? ).
May be you have some very restrictive laws on all that providing business and only huge companies could afford to pay all licensing fees, goverment taxes and fullfill state and national security requirements for that kind of business? So big company is not interested in single customer and small companies does not exist?
No real internet options outside of satellite internet out here for now, but the guys in the know have said to sit and wait. The large providers are working on rural solutions for smaller communities but I’m on a farm/ranch 8 miles from the closest town, 10 miles to the other two small ones. Closest major town is 50km/30 miles away.
The one provider out here has oversold their network to the point many customers complain about slow speeds and connections dropping. If Elon musks starlink ends up being good I’d happily use it, but I’m still having to wait and see right now. My cell phone personal hotspot tethering is all I have as an option. ADSL was good to me back in the 2000’s living at home with the parents but doesn’t have the range from the phone offices to reach me out here. My options are pretty limited and it sucks but the benefits of peace and quiet, large gardens, room for all my vehicles, my forge, shooting practice whenever I want, keeping whatever animal I want, and more. I’ve gone from a building my own watercooled computers and ranking in world guilds on WOW to working on vehicles, doing my own chainmail and scale mail, making my own knives and swords, and spending time with my dog. Most here would agree that it’s a positive change but I still have the techie itch and love having my computers performing exactly as I planned, the overclocking rush, and sailing those seven seas with broadband.
Taking a step back from being online all the time has been better, in many ways, but when I can get high speed again I so am lol.
Find a closest point with uplink and talk with owner about connection at this point. Since owner don't need to do anything for getting additional income, highly probably he will agree. Also ask about path of uplink, may be it have spare fibers and pass you much closer than that point. It is possible to cut a fiber, separate one fiber and connect it with your fiber. Or even install a divider on working fiber. In any case there is a possibility that you will be able to cut in closer to your home. Than assembly is enclosed in a waterproof muff and could be buried or hang on pole, whatever, If it is within 10-15km, it could be affordable for you to drop a link by yourself. Then you have following options:
buy a fiber and drop it just on the ground, say along a road to your farm. Even cheapest outdoor fibers is very rigid things, so it will be OK to just leave it on ground. You will have to hire somebody to weld a connectors on the ends of fiber, fiber welder is expensive thing to buy it for one-time job.
buy a pair of directed WiFi stations if you have a direct sight from your home to the point. AFAIK Ubiquity have a lot of long-range devices.
use a combination of both options
I don't know about specific regulations that could apply for that kind of activity, but if you are deep in rural area, I think you could just ignore them.
I would have to look into it and see if there’s any dark fibre I can get access to close by to keep costs downC but burying it would probably be the safer option. Fibre is expensive to fix if a farmer clipped my line with an implement, that kinda thing does happen out here.
Not in the USA friend I’m in central Canada. There’s only internet here at my house out in the country using my cell phone and a $700 cell booster. On a waiting list to get internet that supposed to be here sometime in the fall. (Looks outside at the winter snow). Cell service isn’t a guarantee out here. Not enough population to warrant the cost of an expansive network to provide service in areas it might not be used by anyone. Major cities and small towns have service, sure. Small towns all had phone service via telephone lines and banking systems can use that with slower modems(yeah the dial up bank card systems are still in place out here in places.)
I’ve looked into Elon musks star link, but waiting on the competition service in case I can bundle mine and my wife’s cell phones (along with the kids) with the internet to cut down on all the costs. If I can’t, so be it but waiting on the option.
The internet’s origins aren’t mysterious. Historically it’s a toss up between believing the military had it first for systems and remote locations or if the universities had the “real” internet first because non military people could use it. First was connected systems, then message boards, then websites, and so on til here we are. Shady players making bad apps and sites is an issue alright, but like you advise in not tossing money into shit coins, we also advise not tossing your personal info onto shady web services. DTA, Don’t Trust Anyone. My father also worked for 2 different phone companies in his life installing the equipment and repairing it, so I’ve gotten to see the physical hardware the internet in my area was running on, including the fibre. It’s pretty cool up close, gotta admit. But getting dirt cheap fibre optic ran to my house? No providers here will do it cheap. Closest place that will have fibre to tap into and bring my way is 50km ish away if there’s no dark fibre they can use closer to me to run a shorter distance. Even if they could tap into it ran down the nearby main highway that’s still a 12-13km run to me. Not exactly cheap, although I wish I was.
Sorry, didn't know that.
Holy shit.
What is the cause for that situation? I mean overall. I have friends in US who still use expensive and shitty as fuck ADSL over copper wires, and there are no any other providers. That is impossible in Russia. There will be few providers with fiber and lowest possible prices to choose from in that situation.
IDK, but 1km of 2 fiber single-mode self-holding cable cost something near $100 -$150 here. You could just drop it along the road if you are really far from civilisation. Hanging it on electric poles could cost additional $50-$100 per km including some payments to owner of poles, or you could deal on some kind of rent for cheap. Should not be a big deal for Canadian salaries ( average IT junior ~ $4K/month IIRC? ).
May be you have some very restrictive laws on all that providing business and only huge companies could afford to pay all licensing fees, goverment taxes and fullfill state and national security requirements for that kind of business? So big company is not interested in single customer and small companies does not exist?
No real internet options outside of satellite internet out here for now, but the guys in the know have said to sit and wait. The large providers are working on rural solutions for smaller communities but I’m on a farm/ranch 8 miles from the closest town, 10 miles to the other two small ones. Closest major town is 50km/30 miles away.
The one provider out here has oversold their network to the point many customers complain about slow speeds and connections dropping. If Elon musks starlink ends up being good I’d happily use it, but I’m still having to wait and see right now. My cell phone personal hotspot tethering is all I have as an option. ADSL was good to me back in the 2000’s living at home with the parents but doesn’t have the range from the phone offices to reach me out here. My options are pretty limited and it sucks but the benefits of peace and quiet, large gardens, room for all my vehicles, my forge, shooting practice whenever I want, keeping whatever animal I want, and more. I’ve gone from a building my own watercooled computers and ranking in world guilds on WOW to working on vehicles, doing my own chainmail and scale mail, making my own knives and swords, and spending time with my dog. Most here would agree that it’s a positive change but I still have the techie itch and love having my computers performing exactly as I planned, the overclocking rush, and sailing those seven seas with broadband.
Taking a step back from being online all the time has been better, in many ways, but when I can get high speed again I so am lol.
Find a closest point with uplink and talk with owner about connection at this point. Since owner don't need to do anything for getting additional income, highly probably he will agree. Also ask about path of uplink, may be it have spare fibers and pass you much closer than that point. It is possible to cut a fiber, separate one fiber and connect it with your fiber. Or even install a divider on working fiber. In any case there is a possibility that you will be able to cut in closer to your home. Than assembly is enclosed in a waterproof muff and could be buried or hang on pole, whatever, If it is within 10-15km, it could be affordable for you to drop a link by yourself. Then you have following options:
I don't know about specific regulations that could apply for that kind of activity, but if you are deep in rural area, I think you could just ignore them.
I would have to look into it and see if there’s any dark fibre I can get access to close by to keep costs downC but burying it would probably be the safer option. Fibre is expensive to fix if a farmer clipped my line with an implement, that kinda thing does happen out here.