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R Scott wrote:Elon musk's new satellite system supposedly will have low enough latency to do zoom and enough bandwidth for streaming. Not sure how far north it will work.
Wranglestar just did a review on YouTube.
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J. Rosseau wrote:Northern Ontario here, off-grid, similar connection situation (or lack there-of) as you.
-Xplornet Satellite has horrible reviews online, but I've actually found it to be fairly reliable and it works well enough for Zoom etc. We stream netflix, video etc content mostly without issues (sometimes slowdown in the evenings, presumably when the network is at peak usage).
-Look into cell boosters. Without ours we have little to no service, with it we are able to achieve fairly high download speeds. Add data to your cellphone plan, possibly you can squeeze another 50GB or so for low cost, or get a plan from one of the carriers for data only (expensive...). The cell network, if you can access it, can theoretically have high enough download and upload speeds with better latency than satellite. Proper aiming of cell booster receiver antenna is important.
Like most everything, internet connection speeds and prices are all relative... you may need to shift what you consider to be fast internet, and what you consider to be cheap internet. But it's amazing what we are able to get used to.
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Andrea Locke wrote:
We were on Xplornet for many years in rural New Brunswick and it was certainly slow. That was 8 years ago though, and I imagine it has improved.
Have you tried your cell phone as a wifi hotspot with the signal booster, and if so how does that compare with Xplornet?
R Scott wrote:Elon musk's new satellite system supposedly will have low enough latency to do zoom and enough bandwidth for streaming. Not sure how far north it will work.
Wranglestar just did a review on YouTube.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Douglas Alpenstock wrote:
Cell phone boosters are not cheap (several hundred bucks), but they make a huge difference.
Andrea Locke wrote:
I have a feeling we will need a cell phone booster as well, regardless of whether we get a satellite connection. Unless somehow the cell phone signal can be boosted via the satellite internet?
J. Rosseau wrote:
Andrea Locke wrote:
I have a feeling we will need a cell phone booster as well, regardless of whether we get a satellite connection. Unless somehow the cell phone signal can be boosted via the satellite internet?
I don't think it can be.
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R Scott wrote:
J. Rosseau wrote:
Andrea Locke wrote:
I have a feeling we will need a cell phone booster as well, regardless of whether we get a satellite connection. Unless somehow the cell phone signal can be boosted via the satellite internet?
I don't think it can be.
That is a solid shmaybe.
Some phones and providers will switch over to Wi-Fi, which should work. The latency on other satellite systems was too high to be usable unless you are used to saying "over"
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Andrea Locke wrote:
R Scott wrote:
J. Rosseau wrote:
Andrea Locke wrote:
I have a feeling we will need a cell phone booster as well, regardless of whether we get a satellite connection. Unless somehow the cell phone signal can be boosted via the satellite internet?
I don't think it can be.
That is a solid shmaybe.
Some phones and providers will switch over to Wi-Fi, which should work. The latency on other satellite systems was too high to be usable unless you are used to saying "over"
I will have to look into that. It will be the same phone and provider that I have now. I use the home network for wifi to save on data, but have not looked into whether I could take calls and texts via the network. It occurred to me that this would actually be really useful where we live now on a different BC island. I have good internet here with fiber optic cable connection but the bars on my phone are too often reading 1 or 0 and dropping calls.
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Douglas Alpenstock wrote:It's hard to do this long distance, but make an effort to get in contact with your soon-to-be neighbours and community organizations. They will know what works, and are almost always happy to share that knowledge. They probably have a public community page online somewhere.
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John Weiland wrote:Thanks for this thread.....did not know about wifi calling. Unfortunately, I just checked with our carrier and our cell phone models and they are not eligible. But as I don't foresee the cell tower density getting any better soon, I'm keeping the wifi idea in mind for a future phone purchase.
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