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I'm working for a small office in rural Ohio. We have dial-up, and a small office network with 5-6 users. It's about a half-mile to the road. There are hills, but cell-phones work here.
Any recommendations for how to improve our access speed? Thanks, Rain
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A friend tried the Cell-Phone Connection thing a couple of years ago, and ended up trying to sue the company for lack of service.
Sattelite is expensive, and due to go down on cloudy days, but if no DSL or Cable--may be your only choice.
(When we moved into our new house in the boonies I called the local cable company to get connected. They said, "We don't service that area." I said, "But there is a cable connected to the house. It comes in here." They said, "Sorry, its not ours." They then spent the next 5 years trying to sell me a cable connection cause I had gone to satelitte. I did end up allowing them to connect cable into my computer for highspeed, since $75/month for satelite was too expensive)
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Good luck with the access issue. Jenny Gardner might have some suggestions, since she had to deal with something similar.
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If you have the money, you might want to check and see how much the phone company would charge for a T1/fractional T1 line to your office. At worst, you can go ISDN.
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quote:Originally posted by Dead_Horse: Satellite won't let us use more than 1 computer at a time or accommodate our network (told to me by a co-worker).
I'd look into this as it doesn't seem right to me. I believe that a client of mine used to use a sattelite connection and they definitely have a network of computers all accessing the net at the same time. I don't know all the facts but this might work better than your co-worker thinks.
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I have a friends in rural Maryland that found some company that offers wifi through some huge antenae in the general area. It seems to work pretty good. Maybe there is something similar out your way?
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solo and Stephan: yeah, it doesn't seem right to me, either. It may be more expensive, but it should be doable.
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quote:Originally posted by Dead_Horse: Satellite won't let us use more than 1 computer at a time or accommodate our network (told to me by a co-worker).
I'd look into this as it doesn't seem right to me. I believe that a client of mine used to use a sattelite connection and they definitely have a network of computers all accessing the net at the same time. I don't know all the facts but this might work better than your co-worker thinks.
It really doesn't make any sense. It could be wired in to a router the same way as DSL can.
Only one computer can be set up as the DMZ for INBOUND communication, like hosting a website, but for regular 'net usage it should be fine.
I have no idea what carriers there might be in Ohio. Verizon has the high speed broadband access available in loads of places, and although TMobile and others have it the speed borders on 56K (it's like making a phone call through your cell phone, and signal quality is less than traditional analog lines).
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quote:Originally posted by Stephan: I have a friends in rural Maryland that found some company that offers wifi through some huge antenae in the general area. It seems to work pretty good. Maybe there is something similar out your way?
Where in Maryland and what company? I'm out in Western Maryland and I desperately miss high speed, so if there's something like that around here, I need to look into it.
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