Internet for two locations?

[Georgetoon]

Is there any kind of internet service which would allow me to move it from one location to another?  Is AT&T Uverse this kind of thing?  Or perhaps I need something like a Verizon Wireless modem?

[chilly]

What exactly do you mean? In the uk using bt broadband they supply a dongle with your account so i can use a laptop anywhere in the uk if there is a bt wifi hotspot.

[Georgetoon]

Two locations. 30 miles apart.  I'd like internet at both locations but wish to have only one provider.  Can I get one connection that can be moved form location one to location two?

[Lone Stranger]

I am guessing satellite, cellular, wifi or (gasp) dial-up would be your only options.  I'm not sure whether a DSL modem using a dynamic IP configuration can be moved around or not.

[YouCanToo]

I have taken a DSL router to a small town 20 miles from where I am and used it without issues. But you have to remember it is still with in the same telephone network (Centurytel)  If your ISP is different companies all bets are off if doing such will work.

[Just17]

I have taken a DSL router to a small town 20 miles from where I am and used it without issues. But you have to remember it is still with in the same telephone network (Centurytel)  If your ISP is different companies all bets are off if doing such will work.

I don't think I can do that here ......  as far as I recall my ISP checks the telephone number against the modem settings ..... but that could have changed in the last few years  ....  as I haven't had need to do so.

 

[kjpetrie]

I think you can only plug a modem-router into a DSL-enabled line. If you have two internet accounts of course you can. I would check the coverage of various cellular providers at both locations, pick one that has good coverage, and buy a package that covers your bandwidth needs.

Of course, it might be cheaper to pay for two fixed DSL lines.

[pupthai]

Can't you just use a 3G or 4G aircard or even connect your smart phone to a PC or laptop.  I use an aircard on my laptop and share the connection to the back port connect a 4 port switch and have a LAN.  I could just as well use a phone.  The only problem is they don't allow a public IP and I can't forward or see a server outside my LAN, but I can use it anywhere in the whole country not just at home - even in my car.

[sammy2fish]

So long as there is cellphone coverage, I can create a hotspot with my cellphone, and my laptop is online.

My BB Playbook automatically goes online via blue-tooth, through my BB Torch 9810 smartphone.

My ISP is DSL.  They let me have 5 hours a month of dial-up at no extra cost.

I too think that my DSL is restricted to my land-line.

[YouCanToo]

I think you can only plug a modem-router into a DSL-enabled line. If you have two internet accounts of course you can. I would check the coverage of various cellular providers at both locations, pick one that has good coverage, and buy a package that covers your bandwidth needs.

Of course, it might be cheaper to pay for two fixed DSL lines.

I did forget to mention that that other place does normally have DSL normally.  I was trying something and had my spare DSL modem with me, and thought it might be neat and see if it worked using my and it did.
 

[ThirdOfSix]

It depends on who your ISP is and what hardware is used to connect.

My hardware connection is an ADSL modem connected through the QUEST phone system. Even though they try to make you think that they have to be chosen as your ISP, it is not true. I have a fixed IP address from a different company for my ISP provider. There is a phone number that I can call and use a modem to connect to the ISP. There used to be an arrangement to access my ISP through any QUEST hotspot using WIFI.

The various entities have been bought and sold several times so I do not currently know whose servers and lines I am using. Nothing has changed on my end except the address to make payments to. It is probably still the same lines and servers even.

The point is that until you ask them and explain forcefully what it is you want, you will not know and they will not volunteer the information.

The place to start would probably be the ISP. Tell them you want an account with the ability to access it from more than one location while staying with the one account.

Many of the ISPs lease server time so it probably will not be a problem. You may have to pay extra for the actual connect time at the second location to pay for the hardware connection.

[Georgetoon]

Folks, the info is fantastic.  Very helpful.   I'm looking into Windstream. They seem to service both locations and perhaps I can get them to make it one account.

Then again, I might just go with an air cad of sorts.  Not sure as i want to get up some other wireless devices like an internet radio, etc.