Three Mbps I live outside a small town (pop. 8000). I am 1.8 miles from the central station. My u-verse Internet connection is supposed to deliver up to 3 Mbps," but I am only able to get 1.5 to 1.7 Mbps. On a very rare occasion, I might top 2 Mbps. (I do get a discount because of the low speed.) Because of my distance from the central station, I've been told that this is the best I can hope for. I have written to AT&T and sent in numerous email questions from their website to find out whether there is any way to increase the signal from the central station or add additional boosters along the way so that the many hundreds of us who live in the rural areas can get better Internet download speeds. AT&T has never answered any of my communications. Although I do not download many items, I am concerned that Netflix and other companies may be streaming their films, rather than using Dish or DirecTV or cable. To stream movies, I've been told that you need at least 6 Mbps, and preferably more. Dish offers satellite coverage and higher speeds, but I had a very bad experience with satellite Internet through EarthLink which used Hughes satellites, as Dish apparently does. There were too many downtimes and too many lies told about why the satellite was down and when it would be back up.
My question is for someone who understands the hardware involved in the type of Internet signal used by AT&T U-verse; is there a way of boosting the signal at the central station or putting a booster between the central station and my home that would give me faster downloads? Or am I just out of luck?
Thanks for any help you can give.
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