will dsl ever be available in rural locations? in AT&T Southwest http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21131255 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:10:14 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:10:14 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21300617 n5jfp : AT&T put in an RT about a year ago, have had Elite 6.0/768 DSL since. I also spoke with an AT&T tech who said they are beginning the process of building out UVerse into my area. Don't know if that's true or not, but I hope so]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21300617 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:10:21 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21300542 Old_Grouch : Two things will get dsl or any other broadband technology to the rural areas or to areas where it doesn't exist even if that is a suburb of a big hamlet (my humble opinion)

1 - the local provider of service sees a way to make more money from providing the service than it costs. Whether it is technology extension or technology replacement.

Sometimes it is a pure cost : revenue game and sometimes the plan to replace old facilities might be upgraded if there is some un- or under-served demand.

2 - the government decides it is worth some sort of redistribution of wealth. No, that wasn't a slap at some presidential candidate...it already exists. Rural electfication was the government's way of saying all the folks out yonder should have lights if they flip the switch and, behold, there was a way to extend electricity without waiting for profitability.

Same folks (clue - - U.S. Department of Agriculture) have a scheme that lets companies or units of government or _______ apply for federal dollars to support the cost.

Tons of more information if you tug on This String and start reading.

Guberment makes the dollars available and you have to convince the local folks to go fer it.
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So still waiting. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21275828 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:37:38 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21254829 Xenomorph : I'm trying to get DSL right by St. Louis and the AT&T site says it isn't available in my area.

I had no idea St. Louis was in the middle of nowhere. Maybe some day AT&T can invest a few bucks and get some technology out here.
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»xenomorph.net/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21254829 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:40:04 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21253583 n5jfp : I live in a small community just inside Bexar county near La Vernia (just outside San Antonio, TX) and I also have 6 MB DSL through at&t....and it just recently came online. I think UVerse is also bulding out into my rural area as well]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21253583 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:14:09 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21221394 DSLucky : Well, we have DSL here in Maud, which is pretty rural. Not sure about Wewoka.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21221394 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:09:28 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21188054 geeknik : I live in a rural community in Northeast Oklahoma County and I have 6mbit DSL through AT&T. We only have about 1500 people and are about 25 minutes NE of OKC. I think AT&T is working on getting more small communities online.
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said by slipknot0129 See Profile :

i looked up midwest and it had texas and oklahoma with the rest of the midwest states.
There ya go again, trying to use logic in areas that it may not apply to. ;-) It never seemed logical to me to call Ohio mid-west. Clearly Oklahoma is closer the midst of the contiguous US western states. It's actually pretty close to the middle of the whole thing. »maps.google.com/

Look at the headers of the »AT&T Midwest and the »AT&T Southwest group.

No harm. It's just that you are going to have a better chance of finding more of your neighbors, who might know about your chances to get DSL in Wewoka, in the other group.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21133019 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:36:02 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21132794 slipknot0129 : i looked up midwest and it had texas and oklahoma with the rest of the midwest states.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21132794 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:55:26 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21132228 StillLearn : »AT&T Southwest would be the forum that covers ATT in OK.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21132228 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:21:40 EDT Re: will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21132082 anon : Look up the word attenuation in the dictionary. That is why DSL is limited to a certain distance. HDSL can be provided by mid-span repeaters for 20 plus miles. But that is very expensive if your responsible for the build out fees.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21132082 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:58:50 EDT will dsl ever be available in rural locations? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21131255 slipknot0129 : there is already wireless internet for rural people in oklahoma but that makes me think if att could make their dsl lines go out longer. on wireless internet there is a 40 mile radius people can get it from. is there going to be any technology that makes the dsl lines alot longer for getting to rural people? i heard the signal shuts of at about 2 miles but im wondering if they could make technology that extends that to 100 miles? dsl has been out for along time, i thought they would have already fixed that by now to get to rural people.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21131255 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:29:22 EDT