Health Agencies Thankful for High Speed Internet FCC approves funding for Maine hospitals Several health care agencies in rural Maine are expressing thanks this week that high speed Internet services are on their way. The FCC has approved over $3.5 million for the development of fiber optic cable connections in the area. Having high speed connections in health centers and hospitals should allow the area’s healthcare providers to become more efficient and effective in their work. The VP of Franklin Community Health Network called the funding “manna from Heaven – a Thanksgiving gift”. Area businesses and residents won’t be able to take advantage of the faster speeds until at least next Thanksgiving.
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  TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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Cheyenne, WY
1 edit | All right! Now here is money well spent. This will save lives. The Department of Veteran's Affairs have been building on a comparably high speed system for most of the last 15 or so years. It really helps when you have a patient who never been to our hospital to be able to bring up on the network his medical records.
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Santa Cruz, CA | Re: All right! But what about the mac n cheese? Those poor cows.
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Stepford, CA | Ayup First off, if you reside in rural Maine, the fact that you even have indoor plumbing is a big plus, nevermind worrying about broadband. | |
| | | | Re: Ayup said by major marco:First off, if you reside in rural Maine, the fact that you even have indoor plumbing is a big plus, nevermind worrying about broadband. Well there you go..the new BPL; Broadband over Plumbing Lines!  | |
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Alfred, ME
kudos:3 | This isnt for the citizens for the most part, its for the hospitals. | |
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| | C'mon why hasn't someone told these people who want high speed internuts to move to the city if they want high tech!
Faster than dial-up is a luxury, not an entitlement ! | |
| | | | Re: C'mon People in rural areas still get sick man. Do you think infectious diseases are simply confined to the big city? Have you not heard of Bubonic Plague (yes it actually exists in the U.S) or stuff like Mad cow. While both are not all that common, they can still have a greater impact on many, if not treated. Be it farmers live in rural areas which may or may not have the best health care. Say said farmer gets bitten by a flea that prayed off a mouse, and were to get the plague, should we let it go untreated so others can die? Yes, this is a what if and rare possibility, but it could happen. More realistically, say a new flu strain develops and a farmer takes very ill (as the flu is from swine), should these agencies be forced to worry about dialup and slow uploads when trying to transmit lab samples to specialists? See, this does have many uses, and it affects us all in the long run. | |
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| | Another Bandaid I think I read where the funds are going to go to the egg sucking, dirt bag telcos rather than putting the final outside plant (cable) gear in the public domain. The telcos will then do their best to maintain their monopoly and milk the public out of every last dime they can. | |
| | | high speed for all  There are many very Good,gifted, & Talanted people that choose to live in a Beautifull, Peacefull, Stressfull enviorment(in the rural areas.
In a democracy all people should be intitled to good care & equal services | |
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