| Rural Broadband Economics I've read a couple of think tank reports that suggest rural broadband via wire line facilities is really not viable without large subsidies. If you want to read an incredible article -
»www.crn.com/networking/217500366···TMY32JVN
I thought that BPL was long dead? BTW this is being brought to you on a 6 Mbit Motorola Canopy system from very rural Western Colorado. |
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| said by DeltaDude :I've read a couple of think tank reports that suggest rural broadband via wire line facilities is really not viable without large subsidies. If you want to read an incredible article - » www.crn.com/networking/217500366···TMY32JVNI thought that BPL was long dead? BTW this is being brought to you on a 6 Mbit Motorola Canopy system from very rural Western Colorado. A lot of things aren't viable without subsidies in rural areas.
But a lot of things in cities aren't viable without subsidies either.
In the end it's not about dollars and cents, it's about ensuring that everyone has access to the new economy. |
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 extreme50Formerly TwoKDialupPremium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | reply to DeltaDude
said by DeltaDude :
I've read a couple of think tank reports that suggest rural broadband via wire line facilities is really not viable without large subsidies.
Yah, that's what they'd like everyone to believe.
What really needs to happen is a billion dollar X-Prize (funded with ObamaBucks) for the first inexpensive device that can xmit 3Mb symmetrically over ~5 miles of crusty old copper phone lines.
Then we'll see whats really possible! 
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL
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said by fifty nine:In the end it's not about dollars and cents, it's about ensuring that everyone has access to the new economy. Wait... doesn't that mean it IS about dollars and cents? 
You should run for office. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to DeltaDude
said by DeltaDude :I've read a couple of think tank reports that suggest rural broadband via wire line facilities is really not viable without large subsidies. If you want to read an incredible article - » www.crn.com/networking/217500366···TMY32JVNI thought that BPL was long dead? BTW this is being brought to you on a 6 Mbit Motorola Canopy system from very rural Western Colorado. Someone put up the power lines and the POTS lines to your rural home. Why on earth can't it be done today? Somehow it was done in the past. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to extreme50
said by extreme50:What really needs to happen is a billion dollar X-Prize (funded with ObamaBucks) for the first inexpensive device that can xmit 3Mb symmetrically over ~5 miles of crusty old copper phone lines. Then we'll see whats really possible! Its called whitespace broadband. Drive the wires at an amplitude that WILL cause interference to anything at that frequency near the copper trunk line, so nothing better be using that frequency wirelessly. The wire will just increase the signal strength vs doing the same thing wirelessly. Think unshielded coax. |
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