Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 19:55 (UTC-0500): > Felix Miata wrote:
>> Pocket composed on 2023-12-20 17:55 (UTC-0500): >>> Actually I can not change as the ISP has exclusive rights to the high >>> speed internet in the area I reside in. That's how it was where I live now when I moved here, where all utilities except satellite dishes and TV antennas are underground. It still applies for wired broadband, but now there's wireless to compete with it. >>> No other providers are allowed. >> That could be a historical concept, depending exactly on where you live. >> Some of >> us mericans who formerly had no access to real broadband except via >> prohibitively >> expensive, high latency satellite dish now have broadband provided >> wirelessly. All >> the big cablecos have been slowly rolling it out. The areas covered are >> limited, >> with limited overlap among providers. The targets so far have been mostly >> areas >> unserved by traditional cable, but there is overlap. Maybe you should check >> with >> T-Mobile: >> https://www.allconnect.com/local/oh/columbus > I already have and the can not provide service > This is the only provider available as per their site Google some more. That is not the only site that purports to show available providers by area. If you have a mobile phone, ask that company when it intends to provide broadband where you live, if it doesn't advertise it already. > Spectrum > <https://www.allconnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Spectrum_RA.png>Spectrum > > Internet ... > Should I go with spectrum? Here in Florida, @*.rr.com email addresses, as yours appears to be, belong to Spectrum subscribers. Who is your ISP now? -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata