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Chris Coleman
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People in rural areas absolutely need it.

Cable internet was only offered where I grew up in 2024. Basically as soon as my mom sold the farm, they finally got cable internet. So my parents, and everyone else out there, had to use Starlink or something like that if they wanted high speed internet. It seemed to work well whenever I was back home. ** Edited by Chris Coleman at 4/8/2026, 9:24:32 AM
Posted: 04/08/2026 at 09:23 AM ET
(In response to this post by PhotoHokieNC)

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How many of youse use Starlink? I recall Fr8Dog did on his transatlantic
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 07:19 AM ET
I've been using it for several years. Best and most reliable of any service
VT72 • 04/08/26 06:22 PM ET
We used it at our tailgates last year
SteveInBaltimore • 04/08/26 11:39 AM ET
Never thought about it for tailgating. It looks like you can get
reestuart • 04/08/26 02:32 PM ET
That might be what my friend did**
SteveInBaltimore • 04/08/26 03:08 PM ET
Not a bad deal at all, unless I'm reading it wrong. You'd only need
reestuart • 04/08/26 03:24 PM ET
Africa**
capitals1 • 04/08/26 09:48 AM ET
We use it at our hunting cabin in rural Bland County, and I use it when
Nortazhokie • 04/08/26 09:36 AM ET
People in rural areas absolutely need it. ◄
Chris ColemanAdmin • 04/08/26 09:23 AM ET
Yep. I paid $100 to get on the wait list.
st_andrew • 04/08/26 10:14 AM ET
Remote places. We use it at a couple sites
hoosnowahokie • 04/08/26 08:19 AM ET
I do but at a friend’s farm
Va AandM • 04/08/26 07:50 AM ET
We're satisfied with Spectrum and have been for decades, throughout
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 07:54 AM ET
Exactly!**
EDGEMAN • 04/08/26 08:01 AM ET
A friend bought a Starlink Mini, and wasn't thrilled with...
EDGEMAN • 04/08/26 07:49 AM ET
Just signed up. Our internet here goes out for days for some reason. I'm so
Coach McGuirk • 04/08/26 07:38 AM ET
I bet Elon will let you post images from ALL your devices.**
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 07:43 AM ET
Yea, I wonder. Right now it seems like it takes 10 minutes for Netflix to
Coach McGuirk • 04/08/26 07:51 AM ET
Our Roku on our Vizio tv on Spectrum connectivity loads
PhotoHokieNC • 04/08/26 08:09 AM ET
We use it now for probably 50% of our project locations at work.
GSOHokie01 • 04/08/26 07:36 AM ET