SolTerra Communications is located in Adams County, Ohio,
one of the most rural areas in the Buckeye State. Obtaining affordable high-speed internet hasn’t
been easy for many Adams County residents, but over the past year high-speed
internet access has become available to most of the county’s residents.
According to information published by Connect Ohio, an organization
devoted to improving internet access across the state, 88.24% of Adams County
residents have access to high-speed internet. Although that percentage is much lower in the
rural regions of Adams County, most of the county can connect to networks with
speeds of at least 3 Mbps to download data and 2 Mbps to upload. (See chart below
for broadband providers in Adams County.)
Access to a network doesn’t guarantee reliability, competitive
pricing or a choice of internet service providers. Although internet availability has
increased significantly over the past few years in Adams County, some areas have
only one carrier, and a few areas still have no access.
Internet access is crucial to American society in the
21st century. The way we learn,
communicate and conduct our business all relies on our access to
reliable and fast internet connection. This is every bit
as important as was access to electricity several decades ago. It’s imperative that internet access reach all
communities in Adams County so that the region doesn’t slip further behind the
rest of the state in economic development.
DSL connections require
customers to be no farther than 18,000 feet from a "switching"
station. Fiber-optic cables involve
laying hundreds of miles of cable underground through rolling topography. And wireless signals are often relayed from mountain
tops so they don't reach down into the valleys below. Getting broadband through a satellite is an
option, but is considerably more expensive, offers limited service, and is many
times unreliable.
Beyond the large-scale
technological and economic challenges that all providers face when they are
looking at expanding broadband service to more rural areas, Connect Ohio continues to promote
high-speed internet coverage by providing research statistics and the knowledge
of exactly where broadband coverage lags to the broadband industry with the
hopes of expanding coverage.
Broadband Providers in
Adams County
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April 1, 2014
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COUNTY
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PROVIDER DOING-BUSINESS-AS NAME
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PLATFORM
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END USER
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WEBSITE
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MAXIMUM DOWNLOAD SPEED
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MAXIMUM UPLOAD SPEED
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Adams
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AT&T Mobility LLC
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AT&T Mobility LLC
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Mobile Wireless
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Both Residential/Business
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http://www.wireless.att.com/
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10 Mbps – 24.99 Mbps
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3 Mbps – 5.99 Mbps
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Adams
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Cellco Partnership and
its Affiliated Entities
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Verizon Wireless
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Mobile Wireless
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Both Residential/Business
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http://www.verizonwireless.com/
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10 Mbps – 24.99 Mbps
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3 Mbps – 5.99 Mbps
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Adams
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Frontier North, Inc.
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Frontier North, Inc.
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DSL
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Both Residential/Business
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http://www.frontier.com/
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25 Mbps – 49.99 Mbps
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3 Mbps – 5.99 Mbps
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Adams
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Hughes Network Systems,
LLC
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Hughes Network Systems,
LLC
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Satellite
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Residential Only
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http://www.hughesnet.com/
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10 Mbps – 24.99 Mbps
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1.5 Mbps – 2.99 Mbps
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Adams
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Skycasters
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Skycasters
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Satellite
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Residential Only
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http://www.skycasters.com
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6 Mbps – 9.99 Mbps
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1.5 Mbps – 2.99 Mbps
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Adams
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Southern Ohio
Communication Services, Inc.
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SOCS Wireless
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Fixed Wireless
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Residential Only
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http://www.socs.cc
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3 Mbps – 5.99 Mbps
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1.5 Mbps – 2.99 Mbps
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Adams
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Southern Ohio
Communication Services, Inc.
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SOCS Wireless
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Fixed Wireless
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Business Only
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http://www.socs.cc
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10 Mbps – 24.99 Mbps
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3 Mbps – 5.99 Mbps
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Adams
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Spacenet, Inc.
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StarBand Communications
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Satellite
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Residential Only
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http://starband.com/
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768 Kbps – 1.49 Mbps
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200 Kbps – 767 Kbps
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Adams
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The Ohio Bell Telephone
Company
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AT&T Ohio
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DSL
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Residential Only
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http://www.att.com
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10 Mbps – 24.99 Mbps
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768 Kbps – 1.49 Mbps
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Adams
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Time Warner Cable Inc.
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Time Warner Cable
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Cable
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Both Residential/Business
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http://www.timewarnercable.com/
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50 Mbps – 99.99 Mbps
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3 Mbps – 5.99 Mbps
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Adams
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ViaSat, Inc.
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ViaSat, Inc.
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Satellite
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Residential Only
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http://www.wildblue.com/
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10 Mbps – 24.99 Mbps
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3 Mbps – 5.99 Mbps
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Union, Ohio has met the standards required by the Better Business Bureau for
accreditation with the organization. BBB accreditation means SolTerra adheres
to very high ethical standards and lives up to the BBB Code of Business Practices:
