5,258,986
I'm so sorry I can't be of any help on this one, Gabe. My clients in SC who are stuck with Comcast are never happy with them either.
My hubby suggested that he had heard about a company, something like, "Gen-5" that you may want to look into. I've never personally heard of it but, we feel for you!
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
716,809
Years ago, maybe 12 years ago, I was on satellite. At times it was very fast, at other times very slow. But always worked. I have clients in a part of town, all currently on a broadband satellite feed due to their remote location, no complaints that I know. I'm sure they perfected the technology many times over. Maybe worth looking into and see who offers the service.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
4,584,596
Unfortunately I don't Gabe, but hopefully, your question will bring someone here who has some experience with satellite for the Internet.
Have the Starbucks people asked you to leave yet? Or at least buy something easier to prepare than your usual Triple, Venti, Half Sweet, Non-Fat, Caramel Macchiato?
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
1,027,602
Fortunately, no. I know people who opted to go that route but none of them were fans.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
914,208
We have some here that are reliable, but can be affected by bad weather. People along the mountain connect to a relay mounted on top of a farmers silo, which then sends signal to satellite.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
1,712,876
They work a little better in Oklahoma City becasue of less severe weather. AT&T has laid fiber optics in our neighborhood and I think that is our direction.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
1,770,275
Gabe - I use satellite Internet because it's my only option other than dial-up on ancient phone lines.
When they advertise "high speed" on TV I want to reach through the set and slap them! It IS "higher" speed than dial-up, but sometimes pretty slow.
On satellite you have to be very careful not to leave any web page open when you're not using it - especially pages that might suddenly start playing a video. Video eats up data at an alarming rate! So does advertising with revolving images.
Also, don't plan on watching video on purpose. You might be able to watch a 5 or 6 minute clip without interruption - and maybe not. Sometimes it comes in 10 or 12 seconds at a time, then pauses for twice as long while it loads some more. Pretty irritating.
I'm told they keep improving it and Hughes Net is now advertising more speed, more data, better service. I'm tempted to call but haven't done so.
My son has Internet through his Verizon cell phone service and it's faster than my satellite service. If we had cell service here in the mountains, I'd switch to that.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
1,555,100
Direct TV is popular here: TV,WIFI, Internet & Phone packages.
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
3,350,764
Oh my gosh Gabe, Comcast is BIG but not the BEST. Their non-service "Customer Service" is all about branding ... it does not really exist. I am so sorry you are still dealing with no Internet. I do not know anything about Satellite Internet providers.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
6,426,155
The Hotspot on my Verizon phone does a great job whenever I am on the road.
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
3,988,013
We use Direct TV and it is rarely out. Affordable? Pretty much like all the rest. I get a little discount since I have AT&T.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
5,117,178
Geez Louise, Gabe! You must be going nuts. I've not had personal experience, but at this point anything has to be better than what you are going through.
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
2,684,769
I'm tethering my Verizon cell phone right now. My CenturyLink landline has been out for a few days. The Verizon signal is noticeably slower than a landline, and if I download video or other large file it will eat up my data in a hurry.
When I am completely out of internet service, I go to Taco Bell. They have screaming fast wi-fi. Just be careful!
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Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
7,871,831
Nope. I am sorry to see that you are still without service.
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Pete Xavier
Pacific Palisades, CA
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
717,185
We used satellite TV for a time, but had problems every time it snowed. We are back to broadband internet.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
5,063,430
So sorry to hear you are still dealing with this, as no doubt many are. What a major hassle. Sorry can't help about Satellite.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
957,202
I believe Marte Cliff has experience in this area.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
2,222,281
I do not.
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
599,734
I've known people to use it. They say it's not that fast and expensive compared to other options. But if it's the only option...
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
3,071,589
Unfortunately not Gabe Sanders - always cable or DSL - but the email address for their CEO Brian L Roberts appears to be brian_roberts@comcast.com. If that doesn't work - and if you want to reach out to him - let me know - always happy to dig out CEO emails - something that I had to do frequently and often in the Short Sale days!
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
1,242,204
not recently too pricey....
We had have a Verizon dispirited tech went down man hole cut all fiberglass wires after getting terminated. Over 100K account were out of service for 2+ days. I just drove to the office where they have service.
I guess Mr Kim Rocket will aim at several US key satellites with his H rock..,
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
321,564
Satellite is common here outside of the city limits. Direct TV & Huges Net comes to my mind.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
4,484,943
Gabe so sorry to hear about your troubles.... so many things we take for granted.... somehow Kevin J. May fellow Floridian of yours might have the answer, Endre
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
1,153,794
Dish Network or Direct TV should be able to get you going Gabe, except when the rain pours down.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
1,507,073
We had hughes net for the rescue team, very slow and difficult to setup. We've switched to cellular providers.
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
5,583,328
no, I have verizon.... no problems here....
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
4,434,177
5,879,826
In Denver these are packed with snow in the winter and get bad service, but you won't have that issue.
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
1,728,867
Maybe it is time for an Apple laptop and camping at Panera!
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
5,246,557
No experience with satellite internet providers. Bet you just want to strangle somebody at Comcast!
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
4,319,873
3,986,308
I knw of a few people who say it is great during nice weather, but any heavy weather can make it difficult
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL
5,773,367
Gabe,
A few years ago when we lived in Napa, we had sattelite. It was not that good, but I am sure it has gotten better now. A
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Gabe Sanders
Stuart, FL