And 1 1/2 hours later...

[kamau_d_lyon]

I finally got frustrated enough to once again look for better ISP in my area. Satellite is right out both due to weather and limits on data usage (Yes I suck a lot of data per day). So I recalled Verizon having a wireless home connection but didn't recall the details so I went to there site. I knew I couldn't just enter my cell number as it is

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[camstone]

Do we need to send them your gps coordinates? Maybe WG84 coordinates?

[laurie_robey]

That's a good idea!

[kamau_d_lyon]

Hehe, Yeah, you'd think they could use that. Apparently they don't use either of those however. I offered GPS and he said that wouldn't help. I'm guessing they are set up only by street address as that is how their lines are run.

[shockwave77598]

A good solution if it's offered there is WiMAX. It's similar to cell in that it's wireless. But it's a single tall tower and can cover a 50 mile range. With a combination of narrow burst reception and narrow beams, it can pump lots of data quickly to lots of people in an area. This is being used in the rural areas -- a single WiMAX tower is far cheaper than putting down Coax to a couple thousand houses spread over such a huge area. The tech has a small latency that may be too long for some gaming like WoW and such. But for watching videos or most web use, it's fine.

[kamau_d_lyon]

That very well could be what they are offering. Problem is I can't get any info off the web site without giving my location, which in their database doesn't exist. I'd hoped to stop at a store today but ran out of time. As WoW is/was one of my on line recreation places I'll have to ask them that directly. I'll let you know once I've made that stop.

[shockwave77598]

Well, Jaxx plays WoW on his WiMAX system. So I know it can be done and is possible.

[shockwave77598]

http://www.clear.com/coverage/

[mortonfox]

Happy birthday!