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We actually were able to get satellite internet. The main company is Hughes Net out here. It's about $70/month and can be spotting when streaming videos during high-traffic hours (like 8-11pm). Also doesn't work the best in a rainstorm. That being said, it's not bad and I've generally been pretty happy with it.

As for water, we get our drinking water from the neighbor's spring. Water for showering, washing dishes, produce, etc. we pump from a creek through a 125 mesh microfilter into IBC totes and sterilize it with Calcium Hypochlorite. But I'll be going into more detail in the next post ;)