[ale] alternative to dial-up

[Ronald Chmara]

On Dec 9, 2003, at 10:57 AM, Preston Boyington wrote:
> i have recently moved to a rural area and am having trouble with my 
> internet
> connection.  actually it is my telephone service as a whole, someone's
> electric fence is "bleeding" into my line.  the consistant "hummmm pop,
> hummmm pop, hummmm pop" is allowing me to connect at a blistering 
> 21600 on a
> good night.  needless to say, i am looking at a different way to 
> connect for
> my internet connection.  cable and dsl are (according to official 
> sources) 5
> years away, at best.
> the telephone company (CenturyTel) says they are uninterested in 
> running a
> new line or tracing the problem, so i am stuck as they are the only 
> service
> in the area.
> has anyone used DirecWav or some other similar service?  i plan on 
> looking
> at "dslreports" later today, but was curious if anyone had a 
> suggestion.
>

Well, it might be costly, but if you can get a digital cellular signal 
(PCS or whatnot), you could ride on top of that (useless if you're so 
rural that even cellular doesn't work). You could order a whole ton of 
pairs to your house (say, 24 or so...), and then cancel the service 
(for 24 pairs, they might be more willing to get a decent line out to 
you, or maybe at least they'd run *some* clean copper). You could also 
figure out your physical cable run, and either fix it yourself, or 
eliminate the interference. I guess if you were feeling *really* 
ambitious, you could turn into a rural ISP, and buy decent trunks...

Just brainstorming..

-Bop