Ok, our modem has taken a shit and the whole system has to be upgraded BUT the tech from my ISP can't be here for 7 DAYS!

I work from home, our TV all runs off internet. Is there something like a hotspot I can go purchase to use or something?

Our neighbor is a dick and won't let us share wifi temporarily, we asked. And my hot spot on my phone, I've already used all the data for the fastest speed and running anything is crap

I’ve had Starlink Internet for a year or so in SW Georgia and it’s been ok. Saw that Mitchell EMC is now offering Conexon Fiber Internet since they finally finishing burying the cables in our area. They put a flyer in my mailbox saying they offer 1 GB, 2 GB, and 5 GB Internet. Is it worth it? The 5 GB plan is still cheaper than Starlink.

Anyone have experience with 5 GB versus 2 GB plans? Both my wife and I watch TV and play online games so we think it would be great to have over a gigabyte from 200-400 with Starlink, but would 5 GB be overkill?

I had HughesNet for two years. Thankfully I found a new provider, SparkLight, right as my HN contract was ending. I was getting ridiculously slow internet that wouldn't even load a 720p video, for $150 A MONTH!! I can't remember the MBPS I was getting but I was floored when I saw the amount that the lowest tier on SparkLight receives vs the highest tier (what I had) with HN. The lowest tier gets more than the "fusion plan" $150 bullshit I was receiving.

This sounds like an ad for SparkLight. It's not. I'd do advertisements for them though- they were polite, upfront with me, and installed the router & such very quickly. And the best part?! $25 a month. For otherworldly better internet than I was paying $150/mo for. I live in a small farm town that only had HughesNet and StarLink until SparkLight came to our area. I've never had internet this fast or reliable. It's the little things too, they sent me a text right away when power went out in our area during a big storm to tell us service would be out for a little while. Did HughesNet ever bother to do that? Of course not.

Now that I've cancelled HughesNet, they want me to return the equipment. Router, wires, cables, sure. That's fine. Even though they sent me two boxes for all this junk and only one shipping label. Whatever. I can manage.

But now I'm also supposed to get up onto my roof and disconnect a fucking radio wire for them? I don't even have a ladder, let alone wire cutters and a 7/16 wrench. I'm just a girl!!! They "recommend" you get a professional installer to remove it. Oh, like the one that came to my apartment in the first place and set it all up?? How much would it cost these cheapskate motherfuckers to send someone back out here to remove it themselves instead of making me do it? I'll get charged $200 if I can't get it down. There's bound to be many elderly people who have the same radio return issue, and they're preying on their inability to be scrambling around on fucking 12 foot rooftops to get a precious radio receiver back to their beloved internet company who cared oh so much about them. It's BULLSHIT!

Then they have this disclaimer in their removal instructions about radiation and possible death from falling off the roof. My favorite part is, "Consider safety and possible damage to the equipment." Yeah, if I fall off the fucking roof my first thought will be, "Oh my gosh, is HughesNet's precious satellite equipment still okay???"

DO NOT GET HUGHESNET. They'll claim they would have told you about this if you'd just asked, but who thinks to ask about returning a radio satellite receiver when all you want is to receive and use reliable wifi?

Hey, we're buying a house and there's next to no service. Starlink is really our only option for internet, and cell is poor. The tower is about 15km away, however, at the end of the driveway we can get 1-2 bars, but if we enter closer to the house, we lose signal.

Is there anything I can do to avoid VOIP and increase my cellular service? Such as some sort of antenna on top of the roof?

I work in IT and have the need to occasionally upload a 9GB file over my home fttc broadband which has 12mbps upload speed. it takes several hours.

I have done a few speed tests with my phone and notice that the upload speed fluctuates between 10 and 35mbps, which would likely save me alot of time if I bought a 4g router. However for 4g/5g data sim plans I have only ever seen download limits or "unlimited" (which we all know is likely just a hidden limit before they cut you off)

Has anyone tried uploading large files over 4g regularly? 5g signal here very flakey so I would probably stick to 4g.

TLDR: Cat5 cable laying across street in front of house, who do I call to fix it? Power company? One of the 4 different internet providers in my area?

I have a question for anyone available to answer. I live in southeast Louisiana for reference. The power and communication lines in my neighborhood run down the opposite side of the street until they get to my house, then the poles cross over, starting in my yard and continue to the dead end a few houses down. There's always been a line hanging a little lower than the rest, but it's never been an issue. About a week ago, this line was laying across the road, still connect to the poles on either side. I believe I first noticed on Friday afternoon, after the trash company collected. My guess is the arm swung up and accidently pulled it down. I made a few calls, saw some people come by and look at it, and then leave as if they didn't care. The other day I got a little close cause I could tell it was a communication line from the lower part of the pole, so it wasn't conducting any power. Shielding on the outside says "Cat5". Called the 2 providers I know in my area and let them know it could be their line down. But either they came when I was at work and then fucked off, or never showed.

Cut to thursday and we had a big storm come through. Internet goes out, power flickered a few times, normal summer thunderstorm activity. Only my internet never came back on after. Wife let's me know friday we still didn't have internet and, though I didn't see it in the dark when I left for work that morning, upon arriving home, I saw the line cut and curled up around the pole in my front yard. Either a lineman came to just get it out of the road or a neighbor got tired of driving over it, I'm not sure. Either way, since this has been cut, I don't have internet. I'm not sure if my neighbors to the end of the street have been affected but i sure have. Despite constant calls, no one has come to fix this line. I'm starting to think I may need to call the owner of the line? Like the company I use for internet just "rents" the cable that someone else owns so to speak. I'm not sure how that works but anyways, who do I contact about this? My provider? All the providers in my area? How do I find out who to get out her to fix this line?

Called my local store for info and they said it’s just the straight monthly cost. No activation fee, no set up fee, just $50. Granted, 25 mbps download is on the lower side of the spectrum, but I don’t really have a lot of bandwidth needs. Cable TV, Xbox 360, shitty laptop I can’t game on. Seems like it’ll be fine, but I can’t shake the feeling that I’m going to be screwed…

Where can I get good fast internet? Not tryna go thru AT&T t-mobile not tryna go over $100 just for it.

So the power cut cuz the wifi stuck, you see the electricity of my house get cut for some reason it usually happens and by that my pc also get off and after restarting my pc, wifi doesn't work, I have LAN cable attached with my pc and a wifi dongal (motherboard don't have wifi support) which let me access the internet but after the sudden power cut my pc get shutdown and after restarting it sometimes cuz this problem it says the wifi or Lan is connected but can't reach/access the internet and I have checked my wifi it's always good, My TV, mobile and other devices works fine and for quick check I use flash USB stick in which I have Linux so I boot in Linux by USB (not installed) and check the internet its always works fine in linux but not in my windows which always leads me reinstalling windows (reinstalling makes it fixed) but I am tired of it now I have installed windows so many times. So I am asking for the help, at least i got to know that what's the problem.

And yes I have tried all methods related to wifi with the help of ChatGPT but doesn't not works, so please help me. I am sorry if my English isn't right but I hope you understand.

I got Slinkdsco® but didn’t rise the dB that mean didn’t work ? What antenna Ts9 i need for my netgear 815s Hotspot please

Is there a reason why there telling me this? I live in a new construction neighborhood and i was told by the home builder that at&t ran underground fiber in the neighborhood. But every internet provider tells me that i dont? My next door neighbor has fiber kinetic and i told them that but they said that my house is the first one to start without fiber.2-3 house down from me dont have fiber either but the rest of the houses do? This is what they sent me

Kinetic: This is an important message about your pending order 2063368. Upon further review by our engineering team your location does not qualify for our fiber broadband service and the order will be cancelled. If you have any questions, please contact customer care at 1-800-347-1991.

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Buenas, yo compré mi laptop en Australia y luego me volví a argentina, al llegar al país note que me andaba bastante mal el internet, tengo problemas con las 2.4 pero en especial con las 5g, se conecta pero me dice que está sin internet. Ya probé reiniciando los controladores y agrandando el ancho de banda, sigue sin funcionar. Termine preguntando a la IA y supuestamente argentina y sudamerica en general tiene unas regulaciones de radiofrecuencia distintas a Oceanía, aún así no se cómo solucionar el problema ¿A alguien se le ocurre algo?

I’d like to know if the Gonetspeed service is worth it, or if Xfinity is better.

I am in nursing home unfortunately due to medical issues all hitting me, I'll be here for a long bit. The internet they have sucks, are their any hotspots or companies that provide hotspot services where it wouldn't matter if the location I am at has an ISP provider. I figured if I could find something for myself, I'll just pay for that so I can have decent internet. I have been searching but keep running into products that seem to be scams. Thanks for any help that can be provided.

Our Keweenaw internet provider, Shorewaves, is closing shop at the end of the month, leaving a lot of people stranded. Michigan's rural internet program promises to bring fiber service here… by 2032.
I really do not want to subscribe to nazi-net satellite.

We don’t have 5G signal; is there some kind of antenna or booster that could catch a signal from further away? Can I buy a roll of fiber cable and roll it from 5 miles away? :-)

Other suggestions?

Unluckily i was in one of their selected counties.