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So if you're out on a farm, what's the best option for Internet? Is 3g an option? (Either unlimited or a very large amount) Any line of sight service good?
Depends on the place. In a lot of countries, the countryside has complete coverage of 3G and 4G. There are also places with at least coax, and even fiber.
In places like the US, companies like Starlink have lobbied so that no cable is installed and no nationwide 3G/4G coverage exists (5G coverage would be near impossible due to the limitations of the technology).
Imho we should be focusing on running cable everywhere instead of trying to maintain a massive network of thousands of satellites in LEO. It's probably cheaper in the long run, and it doesn't ruin scientific observations or the ozone layer.
Biden’s broadband equity program earmarked over $42MM to expand broadband; past admins were incentivizing telecom to take action, but lo and behold, doge slashed a gutted to move funding toward starlink.
Is there any source of high speed internet? You could look into a community mesh network.
If you're out on a farm, you fit the intended use case for starlink.
The issue is that all them city folk see starlink as a way of escaping the locked in municipal ISPs. So they clog up satellite bandwidth when they have fibre/5G/HFC/wireless/xDSL options literally at their front door.
What's the best option after satellite.
Probably cellular-based internet.
You would be very surprised how many rural areas have barely-working cellular networks that are unreliable and not fast enough for usable data.