I have limited bandwidth.

[hunter]

16. My parents and my wife's parents live in rural areas with limited bandwidth.

My wife's parents discovered by an accident of geography they could connect to a distant AT&T cell phone tower, so that's what they use. Most of their neighbors, those who have internet service at all, use satellite. AT&T wireless is still an expensive internet service on their retirement income so they don't regularly use it for streaming video, and they don't use their cell phone for much more than calls and texts.

My parents have a community internet / computer guru who keeps everyone connected. Every rural community needs people like that.

The U.S.A. managed to bring roads, telephones, and electricity to most rural areas a long time ago. There's no reason we can't do the same with high speed internet.

My wife and I enjoy an unlimited DSL internet connection that's fast enough for "standard" definition Netflix.

Our children moved to big cities and enjoy ultra high speed fiber optic internet connections direct to their homes.

Other than throwing a lot of money at the problem I haven't discovered any easy answers for rural internet users.