How important is internet options when you are choosing where to live

It's not just internet but the thought of "rural" living definitely comes into play. Living in more populated areas has advantages and disadvantages...internet options being one of the hundreds of variables that should be considered.

Starlink has helped a ton

I'd strongly consider the internet access if you actually need it for work.

I've lived outside of Louisville for many years now and have suffered thru slow internet for a looooong time and it sux. Everything in your house wants wifi to work now and without hi-speed internet nothing on wifi seems to work correctly at all.

We lived somewhere that had less than 1Mbps for a few years and that was one of the strong reasons why we moved. Now we have approx. 12Mbps and it's much better but things like video from the security system doesn't work well.

finally have fiber coming to our N'hood but it took 2 years after we signed a contract that said it would be installed in 120 days......

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What year is it? People still on dial up?

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Well, if you need clarification, I did mention Starlink as an option, but I thought it was implied that I was talking about more traditional ISP's such Fiber/DSL/Cable.

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I've lived outside of Louisville for many years now and have suffered thru slow internet for a looooong time and it sux. Everything in your house wants wifi to work now and without hi-speed internet nothing on wifi seems to work correctly at all.

We lived somewhere that had less than 1Mbps for a few years and that was one of the strong reasons why we moved. Now we have approx. 12Mbps and it's much better but things like video from the security system doesn't work well.

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Yeah, this is my struggle honestly. Ignoring work, we have HULU, netflix, prime, etc and stream something every night. 20+ years ago I had a satellite internet, and I even had a Wireless ISP for a while, and the satellite was unusble it was so bad. Now that I'm used to Fiber, I do worry that it would be a struggle not having solid high speed internet available whenever I want it.
Even if DSL was offered it would be better than nothing. I called the State office for Broadband, and all the local options, and none could tell me if/when any kind of high speed might be available at that area.

It’s key for me as I WFH as well. There are a lot of “wireless” options out there for remote living that may work for you.

I’m on a path to travel full time (live out of an RV or boat) and am looking at Starlink. From what I can gather so far, Elon needs to put more satellites in orbit for Starlink to get where it needs to be. It’s really good in places for periods of time, but it seems you can count on dead or weak spots on an almost scheduled basis.

Good luck.

Starlink will work great.

But be aware that you have to buy the equipment which will be about $500 dollars the last time I checked and there may be a wait list (up to two years) last time I checked. Both of those may have gone down.

I have T-mobile 5G Wireless Home Internet at my place and that may be a option for you if offered in you area. It's 50 a month and I get in the 350 mbps download range. I can't remember upload speeds cause I don't care a ton about that. But my son games and I've uploaded videos to youtube etc and never had any issues with it. We can stream all we want though for multiple tvs etc.

I think it may get slower if a lot of people end up signing up for it in you area though. If it does I'll probably start looking at Starlink.


ETA: Looks like the wait list is pretty much gone for the US. They have new kits for 600 and refurbished ones for 399. $120 a month for the service. Different areas do have different download speeds though. They have a map on their site.

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have T-mobile 5G Wireless Home Internet at my place and that may be a option for you if offered in you area. It's 50 a month and I get in the 350 mbps download range. I can't remember upload speeds cause I don't care a ton about that. But my son games and I've uploaded videos to youtube etc and never had any issues with it. We can stream all we want though for multiple tvs etc.

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Does this work off of a cellular signal? I definitely need something faster for my internet.

Depends on the person, but I think very important. We have a house in Western Carolina and we have Hughes net which sucks. Currently no option for cable. I was able to survive during COVID while working remote as long as it didn't rain. Once that happened (and it happens a lot up there) it was nap time. We finally have the option of Starlink , but I haven't pulled trigger yet because we are not up here enough to justify it.

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Does this work off of a cellular signal? I definitely need something faster for my internet.

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Yes, but doesn't use your phone. You get a modem that you may need to sit near a window on the side of your house closest to the tower.

Mine works great though and I have it on my desk not that close to a window. All depends on how good of a signal from the tower you get.

It is prepaid cancel anytime though and a promise that the cost will never increase. Pretty good deal if you have limited options.


It's been very reliable in even bad weather etc. Basically as reliable as T-mobile cell internet service would be in my area.. cause that's what it is.