WISPS Mean Cable and DSL Aren't the Only Choices

Brett Glass writes "Feel like you're stuck with a no-win choice between expensive cable modem service and slow DSL for Internet? Currently using satellite, with long latencies that make it impossible to do VoIP or interactive gaming? One of America's best kept secrets, so it seems, is the wide coverage of WISPs — terrestrial (not satellite or cellular) wireless broadband Internet providers. The linked article gives an overview of WISPs and provides a handy map showing their nationwide coverage (more than 750,000 square miles of the continental US — and only about one third of the WISPs in the US are on the map so far). Most WISPs are small, independent, consumer-friendly, and tech savvy, making them a better choice than big, corporate ISPs who can't even tell a penny from a dollar."

Comments

"This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota "

[Rogerborg]

Yes, the link provides a great advert for the robustness and professionalism of WISPS...

Re:Dad has that service

[Entropy98]

For an extra $2 they'll even clean the internet!
 
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Re:*rubs hands together*

[flyingfsck]

Complaining about Rogers? Gee, you haven't used Telus apparently...

Re:Price and Speed suck

[raju1kabir]

In which case satellite covers their needs pretty well. You won't get the mobility, but since these are localized areas, you don't have too much mobility in the first place.

Have you actually used satellite? It sucks donkey balls for anything other than web surfing and email. Interactive applications, like ssh and remote screen, are painful at best. VoIP is delayed so long you might as well use smoke signals.