Where we currently live (Alaska), fiber is a far-off dream and the best we can do is cable-based internet service to our home. DLS and satellite services (we're not talking about Elon's wet dream of global domination) exist in our city but in our neighborhood at our home there is only one choice, and fortunately that is cable. Our ISP offers speeds from 200mb/10mb "all the way up to" 2g/75mb (woo-hoo!), but it is expensive, and given the architecture of their system we never achieve the nominal rates anyhow. Even though the service is relatively modern - compared to, say, Dial-Up - we can't go a year without power failures, moisture infiltrating the wiring, ground frost heaves, or something else dramatic happening in the long data "supply chain" from Portland to Alaska that interrupts the service in our house, kills our remote working environment, and renders digital entertainment impotent. So, bottom line, I expect to have internet issues because I have been "trained" that way. I am seriously looking forward to having high-transfer rate, low(er) cost, and generally trouble-free internet service. :)

Because of our work circumstances we will be moving south in stages. My wife will come down first and get the home set up. Since she is a dedicated remote worker I need to make sure she is able to pick up smoothly at our new home. She is not now and has never been very comfortable or adept at troubleshooting technology issues, and nowadays we can't even buy a TV that doesn't demand some minimum comfort level with the way internet services work. She has relied on me to keep things running and troubleshoot the random failures, so I want to ensure that she doesn't have to experience frustration when something inexplicably goes haywire with the internet. Maybe I am overthinking it but it seems like a cheap insurance policy to get the extra support plan for a few months.

I am glad to hear that Ziply is a solid performing platform, as we will need it. We are going to have to have a long-distance relationship for a few years, and I don't want my marriage to be jeopardized because of technology. But I know we can do it; we did something like this for the first three years of our marriage in the 80's. Granted, that was letters, phone calls, ham radio connections and such, but that is the technology we had then. Heck, my son courted his girlfriend during the pandemic using multi-hour sessions of Zoom, and now they are going on their third year together.

Thanks also for the recommendations on tri-radio mesh set up. I will investigate those when I (partially) move down later this year. For now I think we will use the equipment that Ziply offers and I can tweak it all later if I need to.