subject: Getting Internet In Hard To Reach Areas [print this page] There are four principal options for an individual to get Internet in their home if they live in an area that is hard to reach. The first way is through a person's cable company. This means that a person is going to be able to get their Internet through the cable TV lines that typically a rural person is not going to be able to receive. This is because most of the time, the regular Internet will not reach when a person resides in the middle of nowhere. The one thing that a individual is going to need to remember is if the cable gets disrupted so will the Internet.
The second way is through DSL. DSL is a digital subscriber line where the Internet is going to be run through the lines of your local telephone provider. Therefore, it is going to be a lot faster than if a person has a dial up connected that is based on a standard telephone. But it is probably not going to be as fast if a person used a cable provider for their Internet connection. This is for a case where phone lines are the only thing that can be installed in your service area.
The third way is via your local satellite service. This is for the people who live in an area where the local phone company cannot put in any lines or where the phone line service is not going to be reliable enough for a person to use. Most of the time, the Internet is going to run over an installed satellite dish. Therefore, it is probably going to be a lot speedier than any dial-up connection. Since there are no land lines that are essential for a connection, then it is available everywhere you go.
The fourth method is thru a cell phone network that has either 3G or 4G. Of course, the 4G is going to be a lot speedier but the 3G is still going to be fast enough for a person to use. This means that someone could also use their net-books and tablet computers to get access to the Internet. This is commonly going to be the best thing for a person who does a lot of traveling. But it is very critical that a person knows what the limit is on the amount of data that a person can make use of each month.
All these are the options available in a limited access Internet area, as technology moves forward these options may expand.
