 intellerSociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
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| lets stop catering to hermits. Really. The only people that will find Sat broadband a value are people who choose to live in the middle of no where. Even modestly rural areas have access to DSL and WiFi networks.
I remember when starband came out, that was going to solve all the rural broadband problems, in the end it was an expensive joke.
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join:2006-10-10
Stanwood, WA | Catering to hermits? I have no clue what you do for a living inteller, but here... in the city area... you know SEATTLE, homes are astronomical in price to live in even the rural areas of a city with boradband DSL or Cable. The average cost of a home... that isn't a POS is about $400,000 I suggest you take a look around before you open your mouth... more and more people are moving out of the cities and the suburbs because it is too expensive to live. |
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Says the guy who obviously has not been to Bellsouth areas. Modestly rural areas having acess to DSL is a pipe dream across the US currently. That may be true in OK and for your telco, as well as other parts of the nation but it is not true over all. In most of Bellsouth's coverage area in KY there are no DSLAMs and not even all urban areas are covered. Also WiFi in modestly rural areas? Not likely unless you are confused and mean fixed wireless. WiFi in modestly rural areas I love that, it might serve 2 homes.
Satellite broadband is terrible, we do agree on that. If Direct TV wants in the broadband market again it better be thinking WiMax/Wireless because there are enough crappy high latency satellite providers out there already. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T DSL Service
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said by inteller:Even modestly rural areas have access to DSL and WiFi networks. Really, that's news around here, and SBC deployed extra in Oklahoma in exchange for freedom from the Corporation Commission. In Oklahoma, as long as you live in the city, or the town, you might be able to get DSL.
But step out into the "Moderately" rural areas and there's nothing but dial up, and it's usually the kind that only connects at 26.4 bps too.
Out of town = out of luck. There's no credible Wi-Fi around here, either....
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I have seen people who's neighbors on each side and across the street qualify for DSL but the caller can't. There won't be DSL at one address in the middle of a dense suburban area but you can go out to the middle of no where and get DSL. |
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IGGYNo Guru Just Here To HelpPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-30
Chatham, IL | reply to Semi751
I know many people just down the road from where I live that would be considered rural. They definitely don't have access to cable or DSL. Wireless internet providers are about their only option other than dial up at this time. These people aren't that far out of the city. This area is a growing suburb of a mid size town. A lot of development etc. But there are areas on the fringe of this that don't have the access the original poster seems to think they should have access to.
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unc81
join:2002-08-31
Tallahassee, FL | reply to inteller
You don't have to live in the sticks to have NO easy access to broadband. My sister-in-law lives very close to Richmond, VA. However, cable does not extend out to her neighborhood, and Verizon says that the low density of houses doesn't support extension of DSL. Cellular service is her only option.
Cable companies are not expanding their coverage areas. In both our old and new neighborhoods, we lived in subdivisions that were within 2 miles of cable coverages. There was absolutely no interest by the cable company in expanding cable (and cable modem) coverage to our area. (In fact, the current cable company promised to perform an analysis of our situation but never followed through.) We recently didn't buy a house in an upscale neighborhood because of a lack of DSL coverage.
IMHO Cities and counties should exert pressure on the broadband providers to offer services to more or all of the citizens. Extent of coverage should be a major issue in contract negotiations and competitions between companies.
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