Broadband Black Holes > no wayyyyyyyyyyyy???????

no wayyyyyyyyyyyy???????

They are probably referring to 75% of the US population. The vast majority of our 287 million people live in urban areas. Most urban areas of a large size have broadband available in most parts. What incentive does the phone company have to spend tons of money to install DSL service for a tiny town of 1309 people, like Grantville, GA, that's nearly 50 miles from any major city? It's not gonna happen anytime soon. For some who are REALLY out in the middle of nowhere, wire-based broadband will probably NEVER become available unless the towns themselves or some sort of co-op set something up.

Nevertheless, deployment takes time. I live in a city of nearly 75,000 that's near Portland, Oregon, and the majority of our city JUST NOW got access to AT&T Broadband, though we've had access to DSL for years. It takes time, but only for areas that will have enough customers.

Ryan

reply to Rammer
And your point shows exactly why we need somebody to get these broadband companies to invest in rural America, or we will be creating a whole new "digital divide" I live in a rural, wine growing area, just outside Ukiah, CA, which is appx.15000 people, and Adelphia just introduced Cable Modems here(I got one, bye bye dialup!!!!!) I don't know what got them to do it, but now the whole of Mendocino County has Digital Cable, and most of it has access to cable modems. It is a godsend for this area, since most of the county can't get DSL or Wireless broadband.