| Why? Why can we at least do this?
I work for a small ISP. We server the under-served. We are constantly trying to figure out ways to profitably serve tiny communities. All it takes for us to expand is to find clusters of 30 customers to make it a worth while investment.
There are parts of Wyoming where it will never be economically feasible to serve these customers. That is what satellite broadband is for. The terrain and distances are the biggest obstacles.
We recently received a grant to provide broadband to a small town. It will take 6 towers to bring in bandwidth, 110 air miles, at a cost of 3/4 of a million. Thats just to reach about 200 residents. How many will pay for it remains to be seen. So, thats 3,750 per person. Care to guess how many will actually pay for service?
My guess is about 50 or about 15000 per customer.
Your tax dollars at work. |
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