Rural Internet Service

[Holger Danske]

Living in rural El Paso county and have had Qwest/Century Link for ten years. Im tired of their slow service and got a flier in the mail about Kellin Communications. Has anyone used them before? If you live in the country, then What other options have you used? Thanks.

[esaabye]

I use them now. It is an ether radio system, works ok most times. You need
line of site but where we are it was our only option other then a 1.5. dsl.

Speed can can vary but generally 10 down and 5 up. Sometimes it seems to require
a power cycle to the antenna. Customer service is good, local and friendly.

[EvilRhino]

They're the only ones so far we haven't had out to Franktown to try due to any online review for them being horrible. Our friends moving to Elbert have Direct Link now in Morrison and like it and plan to get it at their new house. We tried like hell to get Aerux (best reviews) but just couldn't get a strong enough signal.

We inherited the previous owner's CL 1.5 that has never gotten over 0.8mbps.

It seems the only other option is satellite like Hughesnet, but data caps and bad reviews...


If anyone has industry experience with this, is there any kind of a mapping system online for the towers? I've tried FCC, county business addresses, several "tower" sites that are based more on radio. On my roof, I can at least 4 big towers to the East, but apparently these Line of Sight companies just stick small antennas on a house roof that has fiber.

[fly boy]

Subscribing.

My mom's house in Erie is ridiculously slow. You wait about 10 minutes to buffer a movie on Netflix and it still sometimes buffers during the movie.

[buffalobo]

http://risebroadband.com/

http://www.waypathinternet.com/exede/colorado/

http://www.wispdirectory.com/index.p...cats&cat_id=37

Check with any local telephone co-ops in your area. We get wireless broadband from neighboring telephone co-op even though they cannot provide us telephone service.

[TRnCO]

we're with Kellin, and have been for over a year now. Our neighbors recommended them to us, as that's who that use and have for some time. Kellin recently upgraded our receiver to give us better speed for free, although I don't know how fast it is, but my wife works from home doing under writing and seems to do alright. Service has been good with Kellin' the time or two that we lost our service. So I guess over all, we're satisfied customers.

[Holger Danske]

Thanks guys. I will give Kellin a call.

[EvilRhino]

I did too. From where he says the tower is, it's the best shot I've got based on trees and ridges. Thanks for the positive review.

[davsel]

Rise Broadband

You can check availability here:
http://risebroadband.com/residential/

[Colorado Fatboy]

Rise Broadband

You can check availability here:
http://risebroadband.com/residential/

That's what I have down here in PW. I have the 15mbps which is the fastest available down here and it's consistently over 10mbps. Only option really besides the dreadful Century Link 1.5. Well worth the $73 a month cost. I would recommend them if available in your area.