High-Speed Internet

Hello all. I've enjoyed reading the various forums.

We've recently moved to the SRB/Pt. Washington area and it has become apparent that there is no high speed internet available other than satellite. Satellite isn't an option for us, b/c I need a secure VPN connection for my work, which I've been told you can not get over satellite. I've asked some of the folks who live in our area and they all have satellite. How is possible that you can have high-speed internet access in Mozambique, but not parts of S. Walton County? Does anyone know if any proposals through the county for this to change?

:welcome: Welcome Ms. A-town.
Concerning your question, I have no idea. Just saying welcome.
I really don't think it could be true, however, what about cable? :idontno:

Hello all. I've enjoyed reading the various forums.

We've recently moved to the SRB/Pt. Washington area and it has become apparent that there is no high speed internet available other than satellite. Satellite isn't an option for us, b/c I need a secure VPN connection for my work, which I've been told you can not get over satellite. I've asked some of the folks who live in our area and they all have satellite. How is possible that you can have high-speed internet access in Mozambique, but not parts of S. Walton County? Does anyone know if any proposals through the county for this to change?

MediaCom would be the cable company servicing the area of Pt Washington, and coverage varies from one neighborhood to the next. You would not be the person who recently moved into a house on Georgie St, eh?

:welcome: Ms.A-town

Welcome aboard! I had Mediacom installed when at WC last month and I am very pleased with the service. Hopefully, it will be available for you.

Welcome aboard! I had Mediacom installed when at WC last month and I am very pleased with the service. Hopefully, it will be available for you.

Yeah, thanks to Mediacom, Miss Kitty kept us entertained everyday that she was at the beach! They get my vote!

Yeah, thanks to Mediacom, Miss Kitty kept us entertained everyday that she was at the beach! They get my vote!

And more importantly...Sueshore got soooo many laughs!!! Mediacom, Mediacom, RAH, RAH, RAH!!

Hello all. I've enjoyed reading the various forums.

We've recently moved to the SRB/Pt. Washington area and it has become apparent that there is no high speed internet available other than satellite. Satellite isn't an option for us, b/c I need a secure VPN connection for my work, which I've been told you can not get over satellite. I've asked some of the folks who live in our area and they all have satellite. How is possible that you can have high-speed internet access in Mozambique, but not parts of S. Walton County? Does anyone know if any proposals through the county for this to change?

Call Jim McDonald to see if you can get a signal from him:
http://www.aircombroadband.com

Have you checked with Sprint about adding DSL to your phone service?

If you're on/near Georgie St, :welcome: neighbor (well, within a mile or two) and I am in internet hell at my home too. Sprint doesn't have DSL in our 'hood yet.

If you figure out a solution, will you (or anyone else with a clue) pm me?

I will have to try Kurt's suggestion too.

which is better: Mediacom HSI or Sprint DSL?

which is better: Mediacom HSI or Sprint DSL?

I believe cable is much faster but goes out a lot.

Tell Jim that Kurt at Mooncreek sent you and if you sign up I get a free month. :clap_1:

I believe cable is much faster but goes out a lot.

:clap_1:

I use MediaCom cable, and have had it go out only a few times, maybe three days this year, outside of the storms.

Wow!
I just read all of the wonderful advice and words of welcome. Thanks to all.
I've actually investigated Medicomm, Sprint DSL, Cox, Comcast, etc. and believe it or not, none of them provide high speed internet to where we are located (north 395). I'll call airbroadband first thing Tuesday morning and keep you posted. It is defintely internet hell.
It just really blows my mind that this service isn't avaiable north of 98.
Thanks to all and stay tuned.... 😀

:welcome: Ms A-town. And GOOD LUCK!

Wow!
I just read all of the wonderful advice and words of welcome. Thanks to all.
I've actually investigated Medicomm, Sprint DSL, Cox, Comcast, etc. and believe it or not, none of them provide high speed internet to where we are located (north 395). I'll call airbroadband first thing Tuesday morning and keep you posted. It is defintely internet hell.
It just really blows my mind that this service isn't avaiable north of 98.
Thanks to all and stay tuned.... 😀

Exactly.

I've tried to bring in DSL and cable. And so have others. I had to use direcway satellite until Aircom came along. One of their towers is at the tower on 98 at Peach Creek so depending on your clearance you may be able to get a signal.

Hello all. I've enjoyed reading the various forums.

We've recently moved to the SRB/Pt. Washington area and it has become apparent that there is no high speed internet available other than satellite. Satellite isn't an option for us, b/c I need a secure VPN connection for my work, which I've been told you can not get over satellite. I've asked some of the folks who live in our area and they all have satellite. How is possible that you can have high-speed internet access in Mozambique, but not parts of S. Walton County? Does anyone know if any proposals through the county for this to change?

you can get a real static vpn address for directway - it's 60-80$++ per month and 600$ for the equipment - you have to call tech support (in India - yep, "my name is Raj-Hindi but you can call me Scott") to get it. at least you have an option

mine worked for years then we got dsl for half the price

satellite does not work well in rainstorms (dropouts)

satellite is fast download but bone slow upload

be sure the installer mounts it 'heartily'

Woo-hoo! High-speed Internet and wireless installed at our beach house today. Goodbye, dialup; hello, 21st century!

Now I've gotta get my new webcam set up to show major changes on the beach since Thanksgiving.

Woo-hoo! High-speed Internet and wireless installed at our beach house today. Goodbye, dialup; hello, 21st century!

Now I've gotta get my new webcam set up to show major changes on the beach since Thanksgiving.

Good changes?

Also, what will you be paying per month? And exactly how would it help your renters, if at all? It would seem to me they would need to have the Mediacom software already, but I'm not quite up on these things. Still learning. :idontno: Hubby is the techie in our family. But I am in charge of our Seacrest house, and I have had several renters ask for a high speed connection. Wondering if it's worth it.

Good changes?

Also, what will you be paying per month? And exactly how would it help your renters, if at all? It would seem to me they would need to have the Mediacom software already, but I'm not quite up on these things. Still learning. :idontno: Hubby is the techie in our family. But I am in charge of our Seacrest house, and I have had several renters ask for a high speed connection. Wondering if it's worth it.

The changes are not all good. The dunes have built up, yet tonight I was walking my dog, and we were trapped because the water went right up to the steep incline of the new artificial dunes. I had to climb up the dunes (a no-no) to escape the surf. D?j? vu Fripp Island.

Trust me, our renters will flip out over this (if they have a brain and do anything on the 'Net). Even if they don't care, it makes our lives easier - computers 'r us.

Also, what will you be paying per month? And exactly how would it help your renters, if at all? It would seem to me they would need to have the Mediacom software already, but I'm not quite up on these things. Still learning. :idontno: Hubby is the techie in our family. But I am in charge of our Seacrest house, and I have had several renters ask for a high speed connection. Wondering if it's worth it.

We just subscribed to Mediacom's internet for our rental house. We added a wireless router. Renters can either just turn on their wireless enabled laptop and be on our network, or connect via a wire that is connected to the router if they have an ethernet card for a hardwire connection. No Mediacom sofware is required. Just open up IE or your favorite browser and you're on the internet. I don't know if it's worth it yet, but anything to make SoWal visitors able to get on sowal.com!

No software is required for Sprint DSL either.

Don't go to Cox whatever you do. They have SEVERE e-mail problems. I dropped them after a year and a half, SEVERE e-mail problems.

I had Sprint DSL installed in both my home and office and am pleased so far. But, call Sprint directly, the resellers service, even though they claime it is Sprint, doesn't compare to Sprint Direct. I used Network Tallahassee, and have absolutely nothing good to say about them. Down more than up and a lot of the resellers use Network Tallahassee in this are.

Many of my clients have complained about Mediacom being down a lot.

We just subscribed to Mediacom's internet for our rental house. We added a wireless router. Renters can either just turn on their wireless enabled laptop and be on our network, or connect via a wire that is connected to the router if they have an ethernet card for a hardwire connection. No Mediacom sofware is required. Just open up IE or your favorite browser and you're on the internet. I don't know if it's worth it yet, but anything to make SoWal visitors able to get on sowal.com!

oooh! - unsecured wireless internet - the cops (and anybody else with a laptop in their car) will be parked outside your house half the time and the porno kid in the house next door can use it for free too and you'll be registered as going to those sites! yay! thanks! wireless routers rule!

ab, are you trying to scare people? It is pretty simple to create a password to access the wi-fi, and even easier to post that password in the beach house with simple instructions. You can even hide the network, so that it is invisible to those not in the know.

Now I've gotta get my new webcam set up to show major changes on the beach since Thanksgiving.

There used to be a webcam here that we all enjoyed until it bit the dust, many moons ago pre-Ivan. Ivan took it out I guess. BR, are you really thinking of setting up a cam? And if so, would it be left up much of the time? It would be incredible to see SoWal beach in real time once again.

We have tried both Sprint DSL and Medicom. Online testing shows Medicom cable is much faster. If you are not uploading large files using Sprint DSL should be okay. Sprint has not upgrade their phone lines in our area and does cause some problems. Medicom has been down some, but usually fixed within a few hours.