Download, Surf, Play Games and Stream with Confidence in Rural Areas
Out past the edge of town the internet story is usually the same: one slow fixed line (DSL, fixed wireless or satellite) plus a patchy cellular signal. Neither the fixed line nor the cellular signal carries a stream or a big download alone.
Speedify is a software app that runs your traffic over both of those internet connections at once, along with Wi-Fi, Ethernet and Starlink, adding their speeds and covering the gaps. Speedify needs two or more connections for that; on a single connection it works as an encrypted VPN and cannot make that connection faster. Below: why rural internet stays slow, five steps to get more from what you have, and how using Speedify turns a weak fixed line and a patchy cellular signal into one faster internet connection.
Rural internet stays slow for three reasons:
- penetration of broadband internet services is limited;
- choice of internet service providers is scarce;
- connectivity infrastructure is old or even non existent.
Many users in rural areas complain about low speeds. A 2018 study showed that rural internet speeds in Pennsylvania were slower than previously thought. Outside of parts of Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, most of the state was under the FCC’s 25 Mbps broadband download benchmark of the time, and some parts struggled with 0 to 3 Mbps.
So how can you get faster internet in rural areas? Use Speedify to combine 2 or more internet connections.
Options for Faster Internet in Rural Areas
Start by checking which services reach your address: satellite internet such as Starlink, fixed wireless from a local provider, 4G/5G home internet from a cellular carrier, and DSL. If your phone signal is weak indoors, an outdoor antenna or a cellular signal booster can make the 4G/5G cellular connection usable.
Each of these has gaps: satellite slows in bad weather, DSL slows with distance from the exchange, and cellular slows when the tower is busy. Two of them from different providers, used together with Speedify, cover each other’s gaps.
How to Get Fast Internet in Rural Areas: Why Aren’t ISPs Investing in Infrastructure
Broadband infrastructure has costs associated to it which Internet service providers are not yet willing to spend. Broadband lobby groups are arguing that Internet service is similar to utilities such as electricity, gas distribution, roads, and water and sewer networks. So, the government should give ISPs more money.
According to the 2018 FCC Broadband Deployment Report, in rural areas:
- 68.6% of Americans have access to both fixed terrestrial services at 25 Mbps/3 Mbps and mobile LTE at speeds of 5 Mbps/1 Mbps
- approximately 14 million rural Americans still lack mobile LTE broadband at speeds of 10 Mbps/3 Mbps
The most frequent services available for internet in rural areas are satellite and/or DSL. Each of them has its pros and cons. Bottom line: if you want to download, surf, play online games or stream with less buffering in rural areas, get 2 or more connections and combine them with Speedify.
How to Get Fast Internet in Rural Areas with Speedify
Speedify is a fast VPN that lets you combine 2 or more internet connections at once. Combining them delivers more bandwidth and better connection reliability, and Speedify’s encryption protects your private data.
In order to get faster internet in rural areas, you should have at least two internet connections available. These can be from the same ISP or different ones:
- 2 DSL lines
- DSL and satellite
- 2 satellite connections
- DSL and cellular
- satellite and cellular
Any combination of two or more internet connections works with Speedify.
5 Steps to Get Fast Internet in Rural Areas
Living in a rural area with slow internet? Here’s what you have to do:
- Make sure you have at least 2 Internet connections available to connect to.
- Get Speedify on your computer or mobile device. It’s available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
- Connect your device to all available connections. Turn on Wi-Fi and cellular on your mobile device. Connect your computer to Wi-Fi, wired Ethernet, and other connections through external USB adapters.
- Start Speedify and let it connect to the fastest server. It will automatically recognize all active internet connections and combine them at once.
- Use the combined connection to download, browse, play online games and stream. How fast it gets depends on the internet connections you combine.
Check out Speedify’s knowledge base for detailed articles on how to combine various internet connections using Speedify.
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