AFFORDABLE High Speed Internet Anywhere - My RURAL INTERNET Setup Revealed!!

5000+ people requested that I share my rural internet solution that gives me 400 meg download and 40 meg+ upload speeds that I shared pictures of recently on my community post. I hope you find this helpful and please comment & share what you are doing for internet. Thank you

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[dryan]

As an old hack pro RF technician, this is one of the best videos I've ever seen being done in layman's terms. Very well done sir!

[hh-drdb]

Instead of testing in a circle, a better way is to first test four cardinal directions. Note the two directions that give you the best speeds, then test between those. Keep cutting your sectors in half until you don't want to fine tune it anymore.

[buddwizersiren_]

Ok that's my favorite line out of all your videos. " you're probably breaking a warranty, but your not doing anything illegal" favorite line

[Zenkai]

So as someone who works in IT, you're assessment is spot on. I too live in a rural area but im only 2 miles from fiber, been that way for years, ATT has no interest in upgrading us so I was over paying for terrible DSL. Finally got my StarLink 6 months ago and I absolutely love it, as someone who is an online gamer and streams heavily it's been a godsend especially since I can tell ATT to bug off. I looked into cellular internet when I was waiting 18 months for my starlink but it wasn't an option where I lived so I am happy it worked for you.

[mattsmith]

I love when someone spends real time and energy to get a great result and then shares it with the world. This is awesome!
And then putting the sponsors at the END of the video, very nice touch lol.
Thank you! Keep up the good work!

[lisab.]

I have been a T-Mobile customer for a while and then got added to the list of the new internet introduction and I can say it changed our world as I live out in a rural area and couldn't even work from home it was so bad. TMobile has been an awesome carrier for us for several years. Going to look at the antenna 📡.

[rrome]

You are an amazing wealth of information! Whether I need your solution or not, I listen because I feel like I’ve just been educated. I appreciate all your research and sharing of information!

[jed]

It's warming to see and hear of one Americans positive experiences with a mobile provider. Your new home looks so rural and yet you are getting better service than many city folk, even those on fibre. I really hope it continues for you. Yay, from Australia.

[chogardjr.]

This is a fantastic video with thorough explanation of what to try, what you will need and real expectations. I've been dealing with mobile hotspots with antenna hookups for a long time and learned the extremely fine tuning required for great service and you did a great job with instructions. Months of hard work paid off, well done!

[JeffreyMoon]

This was VERY helpful. I currently live in the Boston metro area and would like to move somewhere less expensive and more rural, but I have always been concerned about the possibility of crappy Internet service, especially if I continued to work remotely. This was a great tutorial explaining some of the options that might be available. For roughly $400 for the semi-directional antenna and another $50 per month for the router, what you have sounds like a very reasonable solution. Kudos!

[framelawncare]

Starlink changed my family's life. Where we are does not have good cell and even with high end antennas it wasn't very good and we where never able to get a good consistent internet through cell. Ever since starlink it has been perfect we waited forever to get ours but it's fantastic, I can play competitive games and other family members can stream video with no issues. It truly is magical IF you can get your hands on it.

[jimhagen]

Great video!
BTW, the analogy I use when explaning high gain antennas, is comparing a regular light bulb to a focused flashlight beam. It's easy to understand, that the flashlight focuses the given light. The same thing happens with high gain antennas. By using a narrow focused beam, the signal is concentrated, resulting in a stronger signal. (works on both transmit & receive).

[OldSloGuy]

Try the antenna test in at lest 2 locations. Foliage is a signal killer. If you are at a shoreline, test at various antenna heights. Reflections off the water or flat ground can interfere with the signal. There can be multiple nulls varying with height, they are easier to observe than peaks, so set the antenna height between nulls. The other thing is signal width. The 'line of sight' signal is not like a rifle bullet, but more like a sausage stretched between the tower and your antenna. It has considerable width. This means being able to see the tower with binoculars looking between the leaves of the trees isn't good enough. You need the signal path to be as clear as possible for at least the first 500 feet from your antenna. What works in winter may degrade in spring when the trees sprout leaves. You may opt for a pole mount antenna with underground feed, a weekend project, so test thoroughly before you commit. Putting the pole at a fence corner means you won't have to mow around it and strapping the pole to an existing post could save some grief if you later need to change something at the top. In worst case, a guyed pole at a 4 way fence corner is a no-brainer if available. Think about deer fences and similar locations. Ideally, find the location and install the fence at the same time as the antenna. Do you need to protect a garden spot from foraging animals?

[OrganicGreens]

This is great. Internet was the main thing keeping me from considering some rural properties. A real game changer for tens of thousands of people living with slow internet if they are good with tech also. I wish there was a simpler solution for some of my older family tho. Definitely some product opportunities here.

[SI-GOD]

I live in a big city and when I saw that T-Mobile had internet available at a lower price and higher speeds with no caps that that AT&T garbage I had been forced to use, I jumped on it. I'm much happier now.

[connorh]

Love watching your projects. In Washington state we too went the route of dropping DSL in favor of Cell providers. Unfortunately after a year of woes, aiming antennas, and trying multiple carriers and towers we could never hit more than 10mbps down and 3mbps up. I would say this likely due to heavier thicker terrain. In our case Starlink was the only viable method and we love it. I encourage all those who watch this to take the time and research their option like Silver Cymbal is promoting.

[nwox]

T-Mobile bought a bunch of RF spectrum from the government auction. It was a huge investment, but it's paying off.

[Naho_]

Moved to a rural property in 2022 and i gotta say you saved me. I remember thinking it just didnt feel right to get charged hundred of dollars for 1.2 mbps per second or sometimes reaching kilobytes on weekends. Thanks for posting this video and sharing the tips.

[beesoffury]

I’m fortunate enough to have multi-gig symmetric fiber where I live so this video wasn’t for me, but it was still really interesting to hear what you went through.

Since you’re paying for two connections, have you considered bridging them? Might make for an interesting video!

[CoinKing]

Dropping serious knowledge! This was very educational and helpful, thank you.