Lake of the Ozarks Broadband (Osage Beach, Camdenton: hotel, beach, retire)

[ION1010]

We just spent a week at LoO at a resort that said they had Wi-Fi, a joke for sure. If we could get on at all speeds were under 1 Mbps download and our tablets choked more than the Chicago Cubs. Is this typical of "broadband" at the Lake? We're hoping to retire there in a couple years and would like some contact with the outside world.

[lepoisson]

Because it was a "resort" it was probably a shared internet connection. I've never stayed at any hotel with internet that was worth a darn.

[ION1010]

We spoke with the owners. It was a dedicated internet connection for guests. Even with us as the only users it was poor to non-existent. They said it was the best they could get at that location. Wondered if that was true around the Lake.

[lepoisson]

It might have been a slow DSL connection from Socket.

[dalimic]

Originally Posted by ION1010

We just spent a week at LoO at a resort that said they had Wi-Fi, a joke for sure. If we could get on at all speeds were under 1 Mbps download and our tablets choked more than the Chicago Cubs. Is this typical of "broadband" at the Lake? We're hoping to retire there in a couple years and would like some contact with the outside world.

Go to the lake to relax - leave the toys at home. Disconnect. Try it, the world does spin without electronics.

[ION1010]

Originally Posted by dalimic

Go to the lake to relax - leave the toys at home. Disconnect. Try it, the world does spin without electronics.

We're going to the Lake to retire. News and weather are important, as are communications with the outside world. I understand weekenders leaving electronics behind, we always did that as well as leaving air conditioning at home.

[joelwnelson]

Parts of the lake area have great broadband service from Charter (60-65 Mbps) or CoMo Connect (up to 1 gigabit). But a lot of businesses are probably using slow CenturyLink or Socket (as a previous poster said) DSL.

Charter is in the Osage Beach and Camdenton area. CoMo Connect in places on the north shore. Beyond that, it probably is just DSL.

Last time I stayed at the lake (Tan Tar A) I made a wifi hotspot from my AT&T phone. Much better experience than whatever they were subscribing to. Of course, that wouldn't work long-term with low data caps.

[joelwnelson]

Originally Posted by ION1010

We're going to the Lake to retire. News and weather are important, as are communications with the outside world. I understand weekenders leaving electronics behind, we always did that as well as leaving air conditioning at home.

Check addresses ahead of time before entering a contract on a place so as to make sure you can get either Charter or CoMo Connect service.

[ION1010]

Originally Posted by joelwnelson

Parts of the lake area have great broadband service from Charter (60-65 Mbps) or CoMo Connect (up to 1 gigabit). But a lot of businesses are probably using slow CenturyLink or Socket (as a previous poster said) DSL.

Charter is in the Osage Beach and Camdenton area. CoMo Connect in places on the north shore. Beyond that, it probably is just DSL.

Last time I stayed at the lake (Tan Tar A) I made a wifi hotspot from my AT&T phone. Much better experience than whatever they were subscribing to. Of course, that wouldn't work long-term with low data caps.

Thanks! That's very helpful!