battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Re: Satellite Broadband?
Their FAP is geared to average joe blow user. I have a relative that uses what ever Dish network resells and he is as happy as can be with it. He gets on. Checks his email, gets some pictures of the grandkids, checks the weather to see what the day is going to be like and gets off. For the "average" user satellite is just fine.
If having access to different types of broadband, cheap and fast, without restrictions then maybe you need to consider moving. Living out in the country has it's trade offs. |
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bolt
Former Broadband Exile
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Charlestown, IN | I'm good. I have a WISP now. They have moved into areas that telcos and cable cos do not want to service. Far better and cheaper than either ISDN or satellite. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by battleop  :Their FAP is geared to average joe blow user. I have a relative that uses what ever Dish network resells and he is as happy as can be with it. He gets on. Checks his email, gets some pictures of the grandkids, checks the weather to see what the day is going to be like and gets off. For the "average" user satellite is just fine. 250 MB a day or less is fine?
If having access to different types of broadband, cheap and fast, without restrictions then maybe you need to consider moving. Living out in the country has it's trade offs.
yes that's the solution everyone should move into the cities. that will help things. Let's make them MORE crowded. Real fricken smart idea there guy.
I guess people out in the boonies shoudn't expect electricity, phone service or paved roads either?
By the way my best friend lives maybe 3 miles from city limits. HARDLY out in the "country". He SHOULD have more choices than dial-up or broadband. For some reason TDS serves his aprt of the county. The MILLIONS they get from the USF they should make DSL available to him. Especially since he paying into the USF in the first place. |
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factchecker
@cox.net
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said by battleop :If having access to different types of broadband, cheap and fast, without restrictions then maybe you need to consider moving. Living out in the country has it's trade offs. The only problem with that oft repeated reasoning is if everyone did that, food production in this country would fall to a point that your bread, milk, etc. products would get so expensive that people would start complaining about it like they complain about gas prices. The people who live out in the country sustain those that live in the city. Until we can fully automate farming, that fact dictates that people will always need to live out in the boonies. Hopefully Wimax pans out for those people soon...
That said, boy am I ever glad that I moved to the city from the sticks, despite having had access to DSL and cable... |
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CylonRed
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
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250 MB a day or less is fine?
for many joe blow average person who checked email or grabs a a few pics - yes it is fine for them especially if there is no other choice. If my dad wanted internet it would be one of 2 total choices he would have. |
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bolt
Former Broadband Exile
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Charlestown, IN
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I live 3 miles outside of town. Just out of reach for DSL. Insight cable ends 1/2 mile down the road. Insight quoted me $9000 to set me up. I understand they are having problems getting cable to some of the new homes up the road and many of them have been going with our local WISP. An Insight rep told me that they have to have 10 houses per line mile to break even. There's never going to be 10 houses per line mile, at least not in my lifetime.
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Nuts
join:2006-04-27
Forest, OH | At least you can get Insight to answer you. I've asked Time Warner what it would take to get service, and never get a response from them. |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Do they expect city water? Do they expect sewer service? What about free garbage pickup? There are some trade offs to living out in the boonies just like there are trade offs to living in the city. |
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