Direcway
Posted By: MT at the River on 2006-01-23
In Reply to: Direcway - geo
I too have this internet connection for the same obvious reasons. I live in a rural area of Washington. The local cable/phone companies say the population will not support DSL out here. Like that is going to change for me or we even have cable available. So for now I guess i will chase away all the hunters and talk the critters out here into mulitpling.
I do know that Direcway offers several different types of devises i will refer to as a "modem". I have made some upgrades in this area and what a difference it has made. Downloads and uploads are very quick and I seldome have a problem downloading files for work. My internet connection is better than the TV service. It is more consistant. I am told that one of the TV satilite companies are offering Earthlink DSL. Again, not in my area. Check yours out.
Cell coverage out here is nonexistant with the exception of Nextell. At this point Sprint will not get a signal out here. While they work out the aspects of business i hope they include this feature. Untill then you need to make the 13 mile trek to town to use the cell phone.
Bottom line is, when we live way out like we do, we dont have choices. Nor would i move to town.
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