Help!!! I need advice on wireless broadband

Hi everyone,
I must say that i know completely nothing whatsoever about wireless broadband.
I'm living in one of the most rural area of the US, somewhere in a god-forsaken town of Colorado. Absolutely no DSL, dial-up is the only option and guess what, they charge me $20 per month??? Transfer rate is about 2kb/s :|
so i'm looking wireless broadband, but i don't know where to start with. I visited Verizon website and they say i would have to pay $80 per month if i use less than 2 years!! I'm just staying here in the next 6 months, so it doesn't sound good.
Do you guys have any advice on what company to choose? What do they offer and most important, the price? I don't think i can spend more than $40 per month.
and about the speed, 256kbps is good enough, i don't need anything more
thanks in advance

 

um..the company and price realli depends on where you live, however there are few that offers nationwide service..such as at&t..which would be SBC yahoo...n verizon and some other small companies...SBC YAHOO DSL is very cheap..compared to other companies..as low as 14.95 or w.e per month..if u have phone service wit them...(however there is a 1 year minimum contract)..but wthout the contract and without the telephone service, it should still be expedentially lower than companies such as verizon...the speed u get will depend on where you live realli, and how many computers share the same connection...hopefully i was a big help....if i was please be generous n donate some rep power =] lol alrite best of luck!

 

Sorry but aside from the bad grammer, your wrong. I too live in a rural area of the US, and dialup is the only option. DSL/Cable isnt available, so either sattelite or mobile broadband are your only options. However, before even attempting to find something affordable with the mobile broadband, make sure the wireless phone company the braodband is listed for even projects the technology in your area. Verizons broadband for example is limited, go to their website and you will see a projection map for where the signal is broadcast. Chances are you cant even get mobile broadband unless you live near a big city. So, then your last option is sattelite. Something such as www.wildblue.com will tell you all you need to know about this type of ISP...and its expensive too. 50 a month, and free installation...but theres a catch. The sattelite dish has to be paid for...and that can be over 1,000.

You might be screwed like me...sorry

Note: If a cell phone company such as verizon or sprint actually cast their braodband signal in your area, you'll still need some equipment. You'll need a PCMCIA card for your laptop, and then sign up for the service, which is probably around 80 a month, or 60 a month if you sign up for a cell phone contract with them. If this is for more than your laptop, you can buy a wirless router that has a slot for a PCMCIA card. You can stick the broadband card into it, and project the broadband all over your home, like normal dsl/cable internet service.
Any other questions about any of this, just ask.

 

2kb/s is less than my dad's dialup service, 28.8kbps max connection speed but downloads speeds in the 3-5kbps. I would check your phone line polarity. I would guess it may be reversed. For analog phones it doesn't matter. It does for digital services like modems. What happens is all of the noise comes form equipment being grounded. Tester can be had at radio shack for around $10. The phone company no longer checks this, they just match up colors. I couldn't even count how many I have changed. But if you are having noise problems correcting the line helps.

 

no, i don't have any problem with my dial-up connection, I just want something faster. I had DSL at home, and now i come to the US and have only dial-up, that's unacceptable.
It seems like there's nothing i can do now, as they charge too high on mobile broadband - i think it's for business users only