The house came with low quality DSL access but I knew that was not going to be enough for us. The closest cable run was about about two miles away. I guess if I was patient, the low speed DSL would have been fine until the virus hit and now everyone is at home watching zoom.
We limped by at first while we connected with the cable company's engineering division. They scoped out a project to run cable the remaining way to our place down an existing set of power poles.
We paid for the project and if any of our neighbors tied into "our" run in the first few years they would have been forced to help offset the cost of our install. Once they started stringing line, the project was done in a few days including trenching near our house.
We get good internet now and we also run an AT&T mini access point to boost our cell signal. We kept the DSL access as a backup. I have also put in for the StarLink beta program but have not been called.
We limped by at first while we connected with the cable company's engineering division. They scoped out a project to run cable the remaining way to our place down an existing set of power poles.
We paid for the project and if any of our neighbors tied into "our" run in the first few years they would have been forced to help offset the cost of our install. Once they started stringing line, the project was done in a few days including trenching near our house.
We get good internet now and we also run an AT&T mini access point to boost our cell signal. We kept the DSL access as a backup. I have also put in for the StarLink beta program but have not been called.