I live in the rural area of Reedley California (Fresno county) and need help finding a good and reliable internet provider. Recently we got rid of Viasat because it was really slow and I would typically run Fortnite at about 900 ping every game. Is there perhaps fiber in my area? and how do I check? Pls help.

I've been kicking the tires on InvisaGig for a while; one of the things previously holding me back was price but it's currently discounted for BF, so looking for a few opinions to see if it would be worth it.

I'm living kinda' remote and with no viable wireline options. We get pretty good LTE and a hint of 5G. My iPhone picks up 5G pretty well; my cellular modem doesn't. I've got a Netgear Nighthawk M6 Pro set up with good antennas, but it juuuuust doesn't seem to want to consistently connect to 5G (it will intermittently). Also it seems to be constantly jumping from band to band on LTE and I want to see if I could get a better connection by using something that I can configure to lock on to the best band (without hacking the Nighthawk or paying someone else to do so).

Anyone use InvisaGig, and did you notice a reception boost? Anyone have experience with it vs. a Nighthawk M6 Pro or similar? I don't need Wi-Fi or any of the Nighthawk features; just looking for the best cellular connection and some ability to config the device to that end.

I live in west odessa, I like to play online fps games that need good ping to enjoy. The only internet provider I seem to be able to get is hughnes. I know that this provider is terrible and cannot support my needs. I tried tmobile 5g and verizon 5g but neither are in my area. Is it impossible for me to get a good provider because of where I live? Or am i not looking in the right places

Should i get straight talks home internet modem/router? I plan on using a dedicated router so i would be putting it in bridge mode. Is there a better/cheaper option with a better return policy if the plan doesnt work out?

Until recently was using mobile phone for hotspot but that's no longer a option with new carrier would appreciate any help and guidance to an alternative that is unlimited decent speed and won't cost an arm and a leg please and thanks

I recently subscribed to an unlimited mobile internet data plan. The catch is that the package cannot be used with a hotspot, as it's disabled by the operator.

Since there’s no fiber internet available in my area, I rely on a SIM-supported router to get a stable connection. I currently use a Huawei router, which gives me a strong signal. Unfortunately, because of the package restriction, I can’t use data of this unlimited plan on my sim enabled router.

I know there are ways to enable a hotspot on android phones even with these restrictions, but I’m wondering if there’s a workaround for SIM routers. Is there any way to bypass this limitation and use my unlimited data plan on my Huawei router?

I’d really appreciate any advice or suggestions.

Anyone have any ideas what is going to happen to BEAD with trump taking over and Musk right there by his side talking about cutting government expenditures?

Subject: Advice on Router and Antenna Upgrades

Good afternoon, I hope this message finds you well.

I’m reaching out for some advice and suggestions regarding an upgrade to my current router and possibly my antenna.

At the moment, I’m using the AT&T Internet Air 5G Gateway with AT&T Internet Air™ for Business, achieving download speeds between 65–117 Mbps. This is paired with the Crossbow (SMA-Male) - MIMO Cross Polarized 5G Antenna (BT974976).

Previously, I was using the Netgear MR1100, band-locked to B14, which averaged around 50 Mbps downloads, still paired with the BT974976 antenna.

After researching, I’m considering testing the GL.iNet GL-X3000 (Spitz AX) Cellular Gateway 5G Router paired with the Waveform QuadMini: Low-Profile Omni 4x4 MIMO Antenna. My goal is to achieve consistent speeds exceeding 100 Mbps download.

The AT&T Internet Air 5G Gateway usually shows a 5G connection, occasionally dropping to 4G. However, I’m unfamiliar with the specific 5G bands in use.

I live in a rural area with many trees, no standard wired internet service, and only satellite providers available. I also received a quote for dedicated fiber (1G up/down) from AT&T at $1,099/month for a 24-month contract, which isn’t feasible at this time.

I’d like an OpenWRT-compatible router for my network. Do you have any suggestions for routers that could work well for my setup?

Regarding antennas, should I:

Stick with the BT974976 (617–3800 MHz) antenna?

Upgrade to the Waveform QuadMini (600–6000 MHz)?

Thank you in advance for your guidance.

Our Hughesnet has been down all day and the Indian guy on the phone said multiple customers were experiencing outages due to bad weather in Washington state. Pretty weird considering I’m on the complete opposite side of the US. I’m assuming it’s another bald faced lie that they say so you can happily give them your hard earned money for another month of lackluster service.

Switching providers soon though and I can’t wait!!

All right so for all of you who are wondering about the best internet to get in a rural area if you're like me and you have no neighbors for at least a mile literally in the woods I would say you have to say starlink got my vote hands down! I read the reviews on HughesNet and other services Viacom DirecTV and others and I was hesitant about paying so much for so many bad reviews that I've read so I pondered on this for about a month and I seen they were running a Black Friday deal and I did it! I bought starlink. I had many questions before making this purchase they had many different options so I chose the starlink standard and I'm not disappointed. If you have any questions I'll be more than happy to answer them in the comments leave them below!

I have a site that has moderate LTE access (phone shows 8/1 down/up). Are there any options under $10/mo to work with a device like the Netgear LM1200?

Most hotspot plans I have found seem geared towards high data usage. My use case is quite limited (e.g., remotely accessing a camera feed)

Does the industry expect telecom suppliers to run into lead time issues once BEAD projects start in earnest? I can remember 20-week lead times. I remember as recent as two years ago coming out of COVID, lead times for fiber at 50 weeks, HDPE Conduit at 15-20 Weeks.

Has the industry built up enough capacity to meet the demands of BEAD?

Can slot 2 have its own or is it a copy of slot 1

Parents want to get wifi in the barn it's close, use same power, and I know of some ways of what to do bit would like more help.

Hello, my family uses an ATT Netgear Nighthawk hotspot for our primary internet, as we live in a rural area with no room for cable internet. We have an unlimited plan and should be getting up to 100 mbps speeds. However, whenever we try to stream content from say Netflix or Disney Plus we only get 480p and horrible quality even though speed tests show high speeds (usually 50 mbps). Using NordVPN fixes this issue and we can get the full 1080p and 4K HDR, but only when using VPN. Unfortunately, streaming services (especially Netflix) don’t like VPNs, and while buying a dedicated IP from Nord has helped fix that issue, it’s still inconvenient to have to use a VPN to get anything to play in a watchable resolution. Is ATT throttling streaming services, and if so, how can we stop it besides using a VPN?

This all makes me long for the day when I can move out and get Spectrum internet lol

So I travel for work so something like starlink is way too expensive to be worth it. I'm gone for most of the year and I'm looking for anything that might be better for download speed than my at&t unlimited 5G hotspot, and possibly something that I can do for a month or two at a time. I'm in western New York and even frontier won't service my house. Even though I'm 3 miles away from two different towns that have cable. My hotspot is great for online gaming and streaming but for some reason my download speed is less than a megabyte per second. Hughesnet and viasat aren't even options to me because of their ridiculous prices and awful data limits. If you guys know of any good options I'd love to hear about them. Paying 50 dollars a month for something I use for mayyybe 4 months a year kind of sucks. It probably is my best option but I would love to hear if there are any others out there. Thanks for any advice.

I signed up for Straight Talk home internet using an address in their coverage area, but actually live elsewhere. In the evenings, they heavily throttle traffic to 1-2mb/s. At first I thought it was just network congestion, but after using a VPN for unrelated reasons, I discovered that they were in fact throttling, and the VPN bypasses that throttling. So, give it a try. I've never experienced before where a VPN would actually increase speeds.

I currently have tmobile home internet lite since i live in the midfield of the country and have few options. Awhile back i was told that i can just order the unlimited internet at an address that’s available for it and then just bring it to my house. Is that accurate? Any consequences?

It says i have a service called Nextlink available to me. Has anyone heard of them or have it? If so how is it?

Which would be a better set up for my situation. We live in a rural area with reasonable cellular download speed but with terrible upload speed. We currently have a cellphone booster and cellular home internet. We only get 1-2mbps upload with the booster and almost nothing without it. I have been toying with the idea of removing the booster and installing a Waveform antenna and using wifi calling. I would like to remove the booster because our electricity bill is already very high and the unit gets hot with our old wiring. Would this solution work? What kind of performance do Waveform Antennas get versus boosters?

I need to play bo6

I should also add I had a weird bug when setting up the router after a factory reset. I changed the language during it definitely caused some buggy interface stuff for a moment.

Hello everyone, my wife and I are moving out to the sticks away from town where we have been with Comcast for years. Now that cable is no longer an option I’m faced with satellite or broadband WiFi. I’ve read through several posts and I’ve gathered that Hugh’s net is garbage, Starlink is expensive and EarthLink just piggy backs off of other providers and isn’t worth the effort. The following are my options for internet:

Viasat EarthLink Hugh’s net Consolidated communications (they go by another name currently but can remember what it is) Starlink

And

Always On

What is your recommendations, advice and experience with these providers. If you have any knowledge on T-Mobile or AT&T broadband services? Anything will help. Thank you in advance.

Property info: tree coverage with moderate exposure to the open sky, metal roof and AT&T is the best cellular carrier in the area with a tower 4 miles away.

I know what I know about tech, and nothing about the rest of it. My father recently passed away and we are hosting an estate sale in his home, but our phones do not have signals in this rural area and there is no internet there. What can we do that is cheap so that we can get a signal for people to pay for their items with Venmo, Zelle, etc.? Thank you!

Hey everyone!

My partner and I live in a rural area and so far we’ve been surviving with our mobile hotspots lol. The two internet options that service our area were trash.

My partner wants real internet connection again so we’re looking at our options. He shared this company to me, My Wave Wireless, not sure if I’m allowed to share links so I won’t.

I’ve been trying to look up reviews on this company all morning and have found nothing and I’m not trying to get scammed lol, has anyone heard of this company? Is it legit?

I live in the stix, and have dealt with 1.5Mbs, and then 10Mbs DSL, forever. Finally made the switch to T-Mobile cellular internet and a Cudy P5 router, with a WaveForm Quad Pro coming today. My first question, is does the Cudy P5 aggregate 5G bands? Right now it is running in 5GSA mode. Using cell mapper, I have N71 and N41 selected. The settings show N71 listed as the DL and N41 Im assuming as the UL. Im in a fringe area between 2 towers, and these settings get anywhere from 10Mbs - 60Mbs, depending on the weather. It did lock on to N25 one day, which was nice, as I was seeing 100Mbs.

I know the WaveForm will help clean up the signal (-107/-17/8 currently) and hopefully allow me to use band N25. Will the P5 aggregate the bands? If not, will it pick the strongest band automatically, even if its not the fastest?

Dont get me wrong, Im already happy, as Im seeing faster throughput than I have ever had. But of course, and throwing this much money at it, I want to maximize the connection. Thanks

i dont get how they are in business with this slow garbage wifi now they are metering the wifi and im sick and tired of it they should get sued and closed down the owner can go fuck a horse

I posted a while back about rural internet options. Where I understand the Starlink fans and die hands, it just wasn't in our budget. We eventually decided to go with viasat because it costed nothing up front.

We have been rather pleased, believe it or not, with what we get. We don't game online, but we do stream movies. My wife is working on getting her degree. We haven't experienced the lackluster never ending loop of Netflix buffering. Could it be faster? Yes. But at this moment, we really don't need more than we have. As I write this, Skyrim on our Xbox one is updating at about 50mbps. I know that isn't the fastest, but I'm ok with it.

With that said, I just want to thank those of you who did make recommendations. I humbly considered everyone's comments, and as my wife needed the internet quicker than we expected, I had to go with what we could afford. If my son gets really into something other than roblox, I will probably get something faster. But as it sits, it serves its purpose.

For those who had it a few years ago as we did, it has changed dramatically. It is faster and is truly not capped.