On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 08:16:25 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:13:21 -0500
Ed Huntress wrote:

Is there something wrong with one of these?

http://broadbandnow.com/Michigan/Grand-Rapids

Read Steve W's reply, much the same thing here.

Cable service doesn't quite make it this far. DSL is limited by what
AT&T is offering, which is the ADSL 1.5Mbps. All the DSL providers are
basically reselling the AT&T service. If you read the small print you
have to have an AT&T phone to qualify for their plans.

The over-the-air stuff (microwave, whatever), last time I checked around
a year ago is the same speed and about the same cost as current ADSL. Of
course this has its own unique set of problems/headaches too.

Only thing faster would be a cellphone data package which has its own
set of headaches and costs associated with such...

Oh, I forgot to mention: Anyone in the country who has a clear view of
the southern sky can get HughesNet satellite internet at 15 Mbps. The
cost isn't worth it, again, unless you have a business reason and no
other decent service. It's around $130/month.

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Ed Huntress