lagnaf
join:2000-03-26
Peoria, IL
| reply to RR Conductor
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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