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georgelesley
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Feb 28, 2015

Home internet

We just bought a new to us home near Erwin,TN. The previous owner had dsl. I called the provider prior to offering a contract on the house and were told to just call back when we needed service.

When I called yesterday to establish service I was told in our area the dsl capacity is used up. Cable is not available.

It appears satellite or cell is our only option. We has Dish hi speed previously and it works fairly well, but we would prefer more gigs at less cost. We also have a Verizon hotspot we use when RV'ing which would work.

A local Verizon store recommends their "Fusion" system. Any comments on it?

We use about 5-8 gigs a month which any of the cell or satellite based systems will easily handle, but had hoped to start streaming movies but unless we can find something cheaper per gig we won't be doing that.

We have a cell tower nearby and the Verizon signal is strong. Since we are quite close to an interstate I assume all carriers will be the same. Ideas?
  • I'm really not sure how DSL capacity could be used up, unless they are speaking to the local telephone company. DSL runs on a separate phone line to each house so you do not share capacity except in number of telephone lines available. The only other thing that would make sense is if the server at the ISP is unable to support another line. You might want to call them back and ask for a better explanation and see if there is a waiting list you can be put on.

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