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join:2001-05-16
Pittsburgh, PA Reviews:
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Re: Who the hell uses broadband in rural areas? I do. I am a IT person that needs broadband to dial into work and work for other contracts providing IT servers. I have ISDN and that is it. I am sure Verizon is going to spend the the money to provide boardband to my area. Hell there are houses all around me and I am 2 miles from the interstate and a large industrial park, but no DSL or CABLE (thank you adelphia). So yes I do need it. |
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| Rural broadband isn't going to take off because there simply aren't many subscribers. Either that or it will be VERY highly priced. |
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 RR ConductorHappy 40th AmtrakPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Then you subsidize it like they did with electricity and telephones. They need some kind of REA(Rural Electrification Administration, created in the 1930's by FDR)type program to get broadband into these areas.
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lundah
join:2002-10-29
Milwaukee, WI | Re: The subsidy is already there Check your phone bill, you'll notice a line for a "USF fee" or something close to that. You're pitching into the Universal Service Fund, which has been around for decades. It's an FCC program that gives subsidies to ILEC's that serve rural & low-income areas. |
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lagnaf
join:2000-03-26
Peoria, IL
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Re: Who the hell uses broadband in rural areas? Railroads: Agreed.
Lundah: I don't believe the following used any USF fees.
Good Hope, Illinois where the McDonough (county)Telephone Cooperative offers cutting edge technology and DSL to the population of Good Hope, approximately 416.
The approximate number of families is 186.
»www.mdtc.net
The Co-op'c service area completely surrounds the city of Macomb, a University town and host for the Rams training camp. Their population is more than 15k without looking and served by the former GTE. Pick up a phone there and it sounds just like in old movies. Somebody desperate is finally setting up a wireless service in Macomb.
This sort of thing is typical with the rural tel coops, all the money stays local and gets plowed back into capital investments. Also, they are member owned. It's harder to shovel all the money out the back door when all your friends and neighbors are watching.
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