Question about internet access in a rural area

[BootlegUsher]

I will be moving out to a bunkhouse in a provincial park in northern alberta. The house has a satellite dish, which I believe is Starchoice, as well as landline telephones. I would like to have the internet out there, and I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to get internet through the satellite or the phone.

[ZZLEE]

How fare from location to central switch 4 Km plus out if luck fore DSL.
4 plus 56.6 is beat on land line.
maybe radio wave 1.5 if you are lucky.
KVH satalite if you are rich.
rario phone at worst ( totaly out of luck )


life before internet if ( stone age )

[sswilson]

Is there a cell tower?

[4DoorGTZ]

Check the cell reception. I have a Telus HSPA+ usb stick for internet, gets about 5mbp down 2mbps up. But you do need decent reception. Decent for surfing, but they're biggest plan is 5gb so couple torrents a month is all you can manage.

[BootlegUsher]

Thanks for your help guys. Sounds like I will be internet free this summer. It will probably be good for me. Its too bad the Satellite can't do it from anywhere.

[MARSTG]

get an iphone and tether it

[Perineum]

Yes, because the iphone is a true solution.

[Arinoth]

Actually most smart phone can tether, its not just the iPhone. When it took Bell an extra week to send a technician to set up our internet at our current apartment, we had no internet so we tethered our two smart phones (not iCraps, Samsung Omnia 1 and Galaxy S) and used the internet that way. That is an potential option.

[Perineum]

Yes, but that should have been taken care of with comments #3 and #4, not some useless random iPhone comment a month too late.