Broadband Black Holes Continue Massachusetts coverage remains the same Saturday Jan 20 2007 12:13 EDT Last spring, we discussed “ America’s broadband black holes” – those small towns in states like Massachusetts which do not yet have access to broadband services. Despite the widespread growth of broadband services throughout the nation, The Transcript reports that there are still “30 Western Massachusetts towns with limited or no access to broadband Internet service”. The reason cited for the problem is a lack of capital and issues related to combining public and private funding to make access happen. |
PlagueX1Plague join:2004-08-27 Twining, MI |
Yeah?Michigan would be on that list too. Nothing new. | |
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Eastern MA tooThere is a Town called Lakeville which has both Comcast Broadband and DSL/FIOS. In a Commercial section of a main road there is neither available. No Wireless provider has wireless internet availability and a local City electric company who provides DSL cant serve it because it is two telephone poles away.
This is a town 30 miles south of Boston. Quite affluent, but hey. They are not required to provide 100% coverage.
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Herring_Run
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2007-Jan-20 3:56 pm
Re: Eastern MA tooHello fellow middleboroian! I used to live in Middleboro. Which road are you referring to? | |
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Re: Eastern MA tooRoute 44 between 495 and 24. Its the Industrial park across from the Package store. | |
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This makes me sick. | |
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pn8
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2007-Jan-20 4:57 pm
NYUp State NY is a big black hole | |
| hayabusa3303Over 200 mph Premium Member join:2005-06-29 Florence, SC |
think.when you stop and think about there are black holes all over the usa not just some rich part of Massachusetts. OMG 30 towns in mass dont have HSI crap i know couple of thousand dont have have HSI.
If you dont like where you live because of you cant get HSI MOVE and quit bitching. | |
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Re: think.Yeah and to you Ethiopians, quit bitching about having no food and move.
Great advise. (Sarcasm)
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said by hayabusa3303:If you dont like where you live because of you cant get HSI MOVE and quit bitching. That might be your attitude, but it is not the official policy of the United States. In the 1996 Telecomm Act, Congress decreed that it is the official policy of the United States to deploy affordable broadband to everyone, no matter where they may live. Also, the person who won the 2004 Presidential Election said that it would be his goal to deploy affordable broadband everywhere by 2008. Of course talk is cheap, as is U.S. law (anyone remember how the Can Spam Act was gonna eliminate junk email?). The Powers That Be are ideologically wed to laissez faire philosophies, and believe they will solve all problems, no matter what their track record. I call it the "Starbucks Model" for broadband deployment; i.e., we have a laissez faire, hands off policy as to where Starbucks get built. As a result, some places have multiple locations where they can buy overpriced yuppie coffee. Some places have none, and that is not likely to ever change. Similarly, the "Starbucks model" will mean that many places never see broadband. This is contradictory to official U.S. policy. I guess rural areas (and all of us) can just count their blessing that this laissez faire attitude was not in place when electricity and telephone were being deployed. Rural areas would have neither; farming operations would be far less efficient, and food would be more more expensive and scarce. | |
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wilbilt
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2007-Jan-21 10:54 am
Re: think.said by PDXPLT: Also, the person who won the 2004 Presidential Election said that it would be his goal to deploy affordable broadband everywhere by 2008. 2007. He said 2007..... This country needs a national goal for
the spread of broadband technology. We ought to have
universal, affordable access for broadband technology by the year 2007, and then we ought to make sure as soon as possible thereafter, consumers have got plenty of choices when it comes to broadband carrier. --- President George W. Bush, March 26, 2004 | |
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broadband is available everywhereit's called satellite, but sadly it's expensive because you have to buy all the equipment and there are no promotional offers | |
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Re: broadband is available everywhereBut for some people, even Satellite is not available. My brother in law lives in the mountain area of Virginia and because of where his house is, he cant get cable, DSL or satellite. He is too far out for DSL, there are no cable providers for his area, and the LOS for the dish is blocked by the mountains. He has a real nice view though... | |
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Not even dial-up I wonder if there are still communities that don't even have local dial-up internet. Back in 98' a friend's Dad had just bought a PC, and was wanting to hook it up to the net. Any dial-up ISP was a long distance call. The next year a small local dial-up ISP setup in a near-by town that wasn't long distance. They might have cable their by now, but I doubt it. | |
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batterup
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2007-Jan-21 11:29 am
Re: Not even dial-upsaid by stomp357: I wonder if there are still communities that don't even have local dial-up internet. Back in 98' a friend's Dad had just bought a PC, and was wanting to hook it up to the net. Any dial-up ISP was a long distance call. The next year a small local dial-up ISP setup in a near-by town that wasn't long distance. They might have cable their by now, but I doubt it. All you can eat long distance plans are inexpensive now. Some Dial-up ISPs offer an 800 number for a price. | |
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DoctorDoomTroll hunter Premium Member join:2006-09-19 Becket, MA |
In one of the 30As a resident of one of those 30 WMa towns, I've explored all the options. The short summary is this: FIOS, DSL and cable are not now and never will be available here. The providers have flatly stated that.
A wireless company is exploring the area, but I don't expect that for a couple of years minimum, and then only with a tower tall enough to "see" over the trees. Ergo, the Hughes dish in the front yard will be my only option for the remainder of my days.
I fully understand the rationale of the providers. The population density here is not nearly high enough to justify the expense of providing wired broadband service. It's a simple economic fact of life. | |
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batterup
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2007-Jan-21 11:25 am
Broadband IS available.T-1s are available but the people want cheep porn and warez. quote: Borneo was asked by a friend to set up a similar system around the center of Leverett with help from a high-speed T-1 line.
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Lee N
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2007-Jan-21 1:32 pm
Satellite not an option for broadbandI just came off a fifty dollar a month, year contract, with a two way satellite provider, an it was the worst experience I ever had with an isp. True broadband is only 2 miles away. I live on a State Road in New Salem Ma. and no cable provider will come into town. DSL is not an option because of distance, and the same with WiFi. It looks like dial-up will be the only option we will have for years to come unless, a true undertaking for broadband by the state is done. | |
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