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I am not constipated.
It's how I connect my house, my shop, the Ag Shed and Dan's Barndominium together. It won't attract lightning, which is a problem here.I am not constipated.
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You need 50 yds? Let me see if we have the fiber here. We might have some modems too.
You don't need fiber for a 50yd run. The spec for Cat 5e or Cat 6 can do 1gbps over 100m.
Fiber is the easiest answer for connecting two separate buildings, especially in a part of the world where lightning is a little more common. Plus, it’s extremely future proof - if you’re burying something in the ground, spend a tiny bit more on the equipment to ensure you won’t have to replace it again in 10 years.
For the ISP side, have you looked at T-Mobile or Verizon 5G home internet? Obviously, depends on local network coverage and capacity, but performance (on average) across Florida is excellent for T-Mobile, and on average, both 5G home systems are better performing than Starlink. Plus, half the price (or less).
For the ISP side, have you looked at T-Mobile or Verizon 5G home internet? Obviously, depends on local network coverage and capacity, but performance (on average) across Florida is excellent for T-Mobile, and on average, both 5G home systems are better performing than Starlink. Plus, half the price (or less).
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No experience with Starlink .....but we do live in the boonies with no fiber or even cable available and so we tried Hughesnet. The main problem for us was that the tiny bit of latency on the signals 800 mile round trip to the sat messed with the VPN. Might want to look into that..
With all respect…it’s 2024, there are much better options available than Hughes, or any other geostationary satellite provider. Quite literally any other option (Starlink included) will be significantly better.
Verizon and T-Mobile both sell home internet that’s delivered by their wireless network. You get an in-home cellular modem/Wi-Fi router, the same as you would from any wired ISP, but you don’t have to plug it into cable or fiber or the telephone line.
Speeds are very variable, depending on coverage and local network capacity, but they can be as fast as 450 Mbps down/50 up, in ideal conditions. It’s very hard to estimate what your service would be without testing the network locally, but you can get free trials of both, and for my money, it could potentially be cheaper and better than Starlink.
For T-Mobile specifically, if speeds are steady but slower than you’d like (ie a constant 20Mbps down), you can also get external antenna kits that will improve signal quite significantly.
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