Staying for the week at an AirBnB in Rochester, MN. This is what I just found out I'm stuck with.

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Staying for the week at an AirBnB in Rochester, MN. This is what I just found out I'm stuck with. - Lemmy.World

How is this even possible in 2024? I realize Rochester isn’t exactly a major metropolis, but we’re in the middle of town! It’s not like they’re relying on Hughesnet or something.

This is your ISP's pricing list:

https://www.radiolinkinternet.com/Plans.html

$55

15mbps down / 5mbps up

$65

22mbps down / 7mbps up

$85

30mbps down / 10mbps up

Call

-other speeds up to 1000mbps Wireless are available-

They're a rural fixed wireless provider. I don't understand why they would try to serve the middle of the town.

I would personally consider getting a refund, but the hotels there aren't that much better for speeds. The city /does/ have good internet access available, i don't understand why nobody purchases it :(

RLI - Radio Link Internet, WISP

Radio Link Internet provides fixed wireless internet service to a growing portion of southern Minnesota

I don’t get it either. I am doing a little better tethering my notebook to my phone using the local data, although I don’t think it’s 5G. Unfortunately, I have an iPhone and a Linux notebook and I can’t seem to figure out a way to get the notebook to connect to the iPhone via WiFi. I can only use it tethered via USB. Which means that if I want to go into another room and not lose internet, I need to carry them both around. Annoying, but at least the internet is faster. I should have thought of it earlier.

This is bizarre, I looked and Rochester Minnesota has multiple high speed providers, including two that offer fiber.

And the isp you have is a wireless isp that doesn’t even list Rochester as within its coverage area. It gets close but not quite in Rochester, but maybe they’re sitll able to access (slowly) since it’s a wireless provider.

Sounds like maybe that’s true about it being them.