ISP Alternatives?
Hi. Can somebody please help me find an internet service provider? I live in a pretty populated area. It's no New York or Los Angeles area, but it's pretty populated. For some reason, I can't seem to get a good ISP (internet service provider) out here! Apparently their advertising is just lies, because Comcast won't even run a cable 2 miles from their hotspot. Century link is the only company that comes out to my neighborhood, and they offer 7 Mbps download, and 0.7 Mbps up. I was looking into this thing called Speedify, but that would only double my speeds. That's still not fast enough for my ultimate goal, which is to livestream in at least 720p. And like I said, Century Link is the only company we can get besides dial-up, and they still don't offer more than 7 down. Are there any alternative options, like speedify? Or is there some new sort of satellite internet that has a manageable ping? Thanks, I hope you can help. -Jordan
Hi, you haven't really given us a lot to go on. If Century Link is the only ISP that provides access to a physical line at your address, then I'm sorry, but you're out of luck.
Until another company brings lines into your building, or Century Link decides to upgrade the infrastructure, you'll be stuck with what you currently have.
Note "Speedify" is a link-aggregate teaming solution that combines multiple internet connections together, and does load balancing on it.
What that means, is that unless you have a SECOND internet connection to team with (LTE hotspot, for example), then the software will literally do nothing at all for you.
Your only alternatives are all wireless solutions:
Satellite: Incredibly slow, SUPER HIGH LATENCY, terrible upload
Cellular (3G/4G/LTE, etc): Speed depends on location, signal strength, and type of connections available - generally very expensive, with a very low usage cap. Upload may not be terribly good. Ping/Latency will likely be fairly bad.
Your shitty 7/0.7 connection is pretty much the best you'll get at the moment.
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