| Rural service If I lived in a rural area I think my choices in this order would be searching for 1. Cable First if its avaiable or 2. DSL if I am close enough to a an RT or CO.. then I'd look for 3G as a solution from VZ or ATT. After that, only as a final possibility I'd look at Satellite.
In fact, I work at a Hotel where I live. Our chef lives in a place that is beautiful. I had to go to his house to fix his computer last year. He is typical of the rural broadband problem. He lives at the foot of a mountain about 5 mi outside of Blowing Rock, NC. He lives in a nice house but it is on a dirt road and he can only Get voice grade POTS service where lives. There is no cable and the nearest DSL is almost 2 miles up the road from him. Also, where he lives there is no Cell Service from VZ or ATT at all. So, he pays for Hughesnet and their limited silly caps and expensive service that goes out sometimes when it rains.
I say, why should a person in that situation have to move 3 miles up the road just to get Broadband. Why is there not at least ONE tower within a couple of miles of his location that has 3G. Its ridiculous. The phone companies in particular have been ignoring customers like this for years. Personally, I think they need a kick in the @$$ from the government to make them roll out at least basic DSL to places like this even if it means having a backhaul with a small RT installed in a place like that. |
