| Living in the country has many advantages. The | | | | internet from a tower that the dish can see. While |
| clean air and great views as well as good hard | | | | this is a great way to go for many people it is still |
| working neighbors are some of the best reason | | | | hard to find a provider that offers such services |
| for living in rural areas. | | | | because of the amount of terrain these towers |
| However rural areas also suffer many | | | | need to cover. |
| disadvantages. One disadvantage that just keeps | | | | Your other option is to go with a rural high speed |
| becoming more important every year is suffering | | | | internet provider I am talking about satellite |
| through dial-up for internet access. Sure several | | | | internet service. Now you most likely looked into |
| years ago it most likely did not affect you that | | | | this a few years back. Just 2 years ago the price |
| much. But now many companies and even the | | | | for access was well over 100 bucks. That has all |
| government now urge you to use the internet to | | | | changed in just the past year. Now you can have |
| fill out forms and the like. | | | | access to speeds that are 50 times faster then |
| Besides all this there is the fun aspect to the | | | | dial-up for a starting price of under 40 bucks a |
| internet that dial-up users just can't take | | | | month. Yes there are still plenty of places that |
| advantage of. Local news, weather, games, | | | | charge up to 300 dollars for the fastest speeds |
| e-mail, chat, video, sound. The list just goes on | | | | out there but for regular home users there is just |
| and on. Personally I travel every few months on | | | | no need to pay that higher price for slightly faster |
| business and the internet helps me get the best | | | | service. |
| deal on flights, hotels, and even coupons to | | | | The down side to satellite internet is you will need |
| restaurants I plan to visit. Not to mention looking | | | | to have a dish on your property some were and |
| up Farming futures. | | | | during very bad weather you may loose access |
| If you live in a rural area and you can not get | | | | to the internet for a short time. If you don't mind |
| cable internet or DSL then all is not lost. Many | | | | the downsides then this is something you should |
| rural areas now offer something called line of site. | | | | look into. |
| This is basically you using a dish to pickup wireless | | | | |