The Equator and internet service??
Does being closer to the equator have anything to do with internet service? Up North it could be raining, sleeting, snowing cats and dogs and I ALWAYS had internet service. Here in Florida, EVER...
Forum Discussion
There is internet service, internet service and internet service and still more internet service... The differences is how is it delivered.
Fiberoptic: Faster than, as they used to say "Greased Lightening" it in fact IS greased lightening. Light down a fiber optic thread. Very reliable, not much can interfere with it fairly immune to lightening and radio interference (A direct strike on cable can melt it is all) This is the internet of the Future. GOOGLE and AT&T have lots of fiber. But this is also "hard wired" internet.
Cable (Coxial) your Cable TV company offers, Not as fast, more subject to RFI and lightening,, Uses teh same cable that brings your TV.
Twisted pair (DSL) slower still see Cable for interference, uses the telephone lines.
Cellular.. Often faster than DSL but may (or not) be slower than Cable, This is all RADIO. so RFI and storm interference is serious.
2-way Satellite Internet (HUGHES, Exceed, And a few others) are also radio and subject to storm interference.
2-way RADIO internet (I-2000 or I2K forget which is an example) Also a radio service subject to the same issues in a storm.
If you are using Park Wi-Fi (I am) then the park gets service via one of the above methods.
Then it delivers via RADIO, so again it's subject to the same storm issues.
Fiberoptic: Faster than, as they used to say "Greased Lightening" it in fact IS greased lightening. Light down a fiber optic thread. Very reliable, not much can interfere with it fairly immune to lightening and radio interference (A direct strike on cable can melt it is all) This is the internet of the Future. GOOGLE and AT&T have lots of fiber. But this is also "hard wired" internet.
Cable (Coxial) your Cable TV company offers, Not as fast, more subject to RFI and lightening,, Uses teh same cable that brings your TV.
Twisted pair (DSL) slower still see Cable for interference, uses the telephone lines.
Cellular.. Often faster than DSL but may (or not) be slower than Cable, This is all RADIO. so RFI and storm interference is serious.
2-way Satellite Internet (HUGHES, Exceed, And a few others) are also radio and subject to storm interference.
2-way RADIO internet (I-2000 or I2K forget which is an example) Also a radio service subject to the same issues in a storm.
If you are using Park Wi-Fi (I am) then the park gets service via one of the above methods.
Then it delivers via RADIO, so again it's subject to the same storm issues.
