Rural Internet Help

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What are my other options?

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Move. Not trying to be an arse but it looks like you've tried your options and found the limitations they pose. There are a couple of companies looking to do low orbit satellite internet which should be a lot better than Hughsnet because they're much closer to the ground. That's probably your best option long term, but those are probably at least a few years away from happening.

Pretty far. I know there was some option if you have a direct line of sight to the antenna on the courthouse in town but I don’t.

What about standalone cell hotspot plans? Is there anything out there that runs on Verizon towers and would work for me?

Just looked it up. Does seem like a decent deal, I just wonder if 50gb is enough. I don’t get these companies. Id pay $100 for 100Gb if it were an option. Guess I could do 2 lines...

I live rural in the county. I called ComCast, and Spectrum. Gave them my address and told them I wanted a business connection to my address. Spectrum told me that was ComCast area, even though no service was in the area. ComCast sent a survey team out and did a construction cost estimate. Once that was done, I signed a contract and five months later I had internet. Of course there was some negotiating regarding construction costs, etc but I ultimately got what I needed. 5static ips and 20/200 connection.

They’re willing to absorb costs for business over residential.
Persistence, in my case paid off. Good luck.

It looks like US Cellular has a ‘home internet’ option, too. I’m wondering which might be better. It’s $100 for ‘unlimited’ up to 160gb before throttling. Now I’m in debate mode.

Visible Wireless is another option - $40 per month for unlimited 5mbps speeds

Sign up with cell carrier and get an unlimited data plan. Buy a Mofi modem. Put the sim card in the modem. They don't throttle unless the network is in demand. If you live in a rural area, this will never happen. I've been doing this for about 9 months now. Never been throttled and I use about 150 gigs a month.

Nope. I use T-mobile. No contract. It was cheaper than Verizon. Get around 25Mbps on wifi. The router's wifi covers my entire house, even the basement.