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

Holy highway robbery.

It is and it isn’t, those are pretty standard fixed wireless rates. It’s largely used in pretty rural areas where you wouldn’t be able to get fiber or cable or often even DSL. They compete against things like hughesnet that’s more expensive and has something like a 15gb data cap. Or starlink for $150 a month and $500 of equipment and the weight on your soul of giving Elon money.

They often run wireless backhauls for tens of miles across multiple towers so bandwidth is pretty limited and setup and maintenance is somewhat specialized. Like yeah if you can get cable or fiber do that it’s way better. But when there’s no other option is not that bad all things considered.

Oh I missed it was wireless.