Puretalk was the worse wireless service I have ever used. Even though they use the att network, they throttle back the speeds and prioritize service including phone and text to the bottom. You might try a month of ATT on the prepaid plan to see if the service is any better. I can’t believe Sean Hannity still promotes that crappy service.
You have probably already checked, but these are a couple of carriers in our area. 360 Communications and Statewide Communications.Part of the downside of living in a rural area is the lack of choices when it comes to things like internet and cell phone service.
Cell coverage is barely adequate at our home, even with a booster. But at least it works most of the time.
I had to go back to satellite internet. HughesNet, to be specific. Satellite internet is a small step up from dial-up. I last had satellite internet in the early 2000s living in the Colorado mountains. It sucked then and in 20 years it really hasn't improved. It has, however, increased in price for the same crappy service.
It's supposed to be 25 mbps download speeds. It actually averages more than that...when it's actually downloading something. I can't even play a 1 minute YouTube video thru the first time without buffering about every 10 seconds. It really sucks.
I've pre-ordered Starlink...but the website says it may not be available until next year sometime.
Oh, well. I'd rather live in a rural area with bad cell phone and internet service than a city. Guess that's just part of the cost of admission to the lifestyle choices.
I hope you all can appreciate the suffering some of us go through, though. I'd like to see some celebrity do one of those "starving kids in Africa" type of video for those of us with bad internet in rural areas. Might help our plight...
After nearly 20 years of suffering with satellite service, OEC fiber out of Norman was extended to our place near Mustang last year. I thought I'd died and gone to broadband heaven. With satellite we had 2 - 5 MB/s upload and much less download (as long as it wasn't raining or snowing or icing), that worked sort of most of the time - with a lot of buffering - for $95/month. With OEC fiber, we have 100 MB/s up and down, with service solid as a rock 24/7 rain or shine for about half that, with an option to upgrade to 1 GB/s for another twenty bucks or so a month. So far, I've found that 100 MB/s is faster than I can make use of anyway, so have seen no need for the 1 GB service, which would be like driving a Lambo to Walmart and back. OEC is Stupid fast, and never breaks (at least not once so far). Calling up Hughes.net and canceling (and calling up AT&T and canceling DirecTV) were two of the most enjoyable phone calls I've ever made, followed closely by telling my roofer to throw those two antennas in the dumpster when we got our new roof put on. Good luck, and trust me, I feel your pain.
