Internet in rural homes

[Tindomul]

Thanks Ray and Cheri. The house is at 3K+ feet in altitude, basically in a temperate rainforest. I know the previous owner and was a guest at the house 10 or twelve times over the last 15 years. I fell in love with the place and this year we had the opportunity to purchase the home. I can see two neighboring homes, but that's it. The back yard is basically a few acres of Rhododendron/ oak/ hickory forest.

Ray thanks to your help I found out that the local electric company (a cooperative) was offering fiber optic in the area, but the area the house is in is currently under construction for this internet coverage. They said they would begin creating coverage in the next few months and would complete in two years,

Keeping fingers crossed that they will get to my place first

Cheri, thanks for the ideas, maybe I will look into comcast for the area.

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Nope, comcast not available.

[DirtyCoconuts]

this is a long shot, especially in COVID times, but if you can ask your neighbors and see if they want it too, then you can call the coop back and tell them they can have three + customers now paying for the next two years while they complete the install now...small companies are still willing to, occasionally, make smart choices lol

Originally Posted by Tindomul

Thanks Ray and Cheri. The house is at 3K+ feet in altitude, basically in a temperate rainforest. I know the previous owner and was a guest at the house 10 or twelve times over the last 15 years. I fell in love with the place and this year we had the opportunity to purchase the home. I can see two neighboring homes, but that's it. The back yard is basically a few acres of Rhododendron/ oak/ hickory forest.

Ray thanks to your help I found out that the local electric company (a cooperative) was offering fiber optic in the area, but the area the house is in is currently under construction for this internet coverage. They said they would begin creating coverage in the next few months and would complete in two years,

Keeping fingers crossed that they will get to my place first

Cheri, thanks for the ideas, maybe I will look into comcast for the area.

---------- Post added at 10:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 AM ----------

Nope, comcast not available.

[Mountaineer370]

Tindomul, I'm sure you must have thought of this or already done it, but have you tried Googling (or whatever your preferred search engine is) "Internet services in North Carolina," even narrowing it to your part of the state? I did that recently when I was looking for another option and that's how I found out that I had exactly two choices (unless I wanted to go with a very unreliable satellite internet service).

Fiber optic would be my preferred choice, but I understand it may be a while until it gets to your new house. Does the neighborhood has a cable TV provider? If so, cable internet should be available from the same company.

Check out this site:

Internet Service Providers in North Carolina | HighSpeedInternet.com

[Fuerte Rav]

What about Elon Musk's new service, Starlink?

We're hoping it will get to our area when it covers Africa! Our current options are dismal and expensive but at present we have no choice.

[DirtyCoconuts]

Originally Posted by Fuerte Rav

What about Elon Musk's new service, Starlink?

We're hoping it will get to our area when it covers Africa! Our current options are dismal and expensive but at present we have no choice.

Then you are so generous to spend your money to spend your time with us!!

[Tindomul]

Originally Posted by Fuerte Rav

What about Elon Musk's new service, Starlink?

We're hoping it will get to our area when it covers Africa! Our current options are dismal and expensive but at present we have no choice.

Thanks for this suggestion. I really don't know if this available yet. But it sounds great!

[Tindomul]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer370

Tindomul, I'm sure you must have thought of this or already done it, but have you tried Googling (or whatever your preferred search engine is) "Internet services in North Carolina," even narrowing it to your part of the state? I did that recently when I was looking for another option and that's how I found out that I had exactly two choices (unless I wanted to go with a very unreliable satellite internet service).

Fiber optic would be my preferred choice, but I understand it may be a while until it gets to your new house. Does the neighborhood has a cable TV provider? If so, cable internet should be available from the same company.

Check out this site:

Internet Service Providers in North Carolina | HighSpeedInternet.com

Thanks, yea I looked it up, only satellite internet seems to be available there.
Only two companies, Hughes net and viasat.