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The ISP .No, it isn't a right.
Pay who?
You mean pay somebody other than Comcast that furnishes us the capability of using high speed internet?
No, but I do feel it's pathetic that millions of people (and businesses) in rural areas can't get reliable broadband access no matter how much they're willing to pay. Some things should be done not because they are a "right", but because they are the right thing to do. Rural access is one of those things.
No, but I do feel it's pathetic that millions of people (and businesses) in rural areas can't get reliable broadband access no matter how much they're willing to pay. Some things should be done not because they are a "right", but because they are the right thing to do. Rural access is one of those things.
It is available if it doesn't matter how much they are willing to pay.
Broadband through satellite. Although quite expensive from what I've heard.
SFC Ollie said:Is there a reason rural homes cannot get DSL?
SFC Ollie said:Is there a reason rural homes cannot get DSL?
The fiber optic lines that carry DSL service (or cable lines) are both constructed and owned by private companies, who do not consider it profitable to service many rural areas. The population is spread too thin for them to recoup their investment in the short term. This is one of the areas where government can and should be getting involved just as they did for rural electrification. Build the infrastructure, then sell or lease it back to the companies who provide the services. But nothing in my neck of the woods yet.
High speed internet is a joke.
SFC Ollie said:Is there a reason rural homes cannot get DSL?
The fiber optic lines that carry DSL service (or cable lines) are both constructed and owned by private companies, who do not consider it profitable to service many rural areas. The population is spread too thin for them to recoup their investment in the short term. This is one of the areas where government can and should be getting involved just as they did for rural electrification. Build the infrastructure, then sell or lease it back to the companies who provide the services. But nothing in my neck of the woods yet.
of course I agree....my area does not have broadband, dsl or cable....yet for decades we have been paying fees that is suppose to supply rural areas with phone, cable etc....? I really didn't mind paying these fees when living in other states when i was able to get cable and dsl, so to help out those poor rural folks that were unable to get it....and here I am, now living in one of those rural areas and the phone company with dsl and the tv cable with broadband service has absolutely NO PLANS to expand in to my area....been nagging them for 4 years now...nothing.
IT STINKS to high heaven.
High speed internet is a joke.
So is 9-1-1.
High speed internet is a joke.
So is 9-1-1.
911 has saved my life a few times. I don't look at it as a joke.
Should the access to the internet be dependent on your ability to pay?
The fiber optic lines that carry DSL service (or cable lines) are both constructed and owned by private companies, who do not consider it profitable to service many rural areas. The population is spread too thin for them to recoup their investment in the short term. This is one of the areas where government can and should be getting involved just as they did for rural electrification. Build the infrastructure, then sell or lease it back to the companies who provide the services. But nothing in my neck of the woods yet.
of course I agree....my area does not have broadband, dsl or cable....yet for decades we have been paying fees that is suppose to supply rural areas with phone, cable etc....? I really didn't mind paying these fees when living in other states when i was able to get cable and dsl, so to help out those poor rural folks that were unable to get it....and here I am, now living in one of those rural areas and the phone company with dsl and the tv cable with broadband service has absolutely NO PLANS to expand in to my area....been nagging them for 4 years now...nothing.
IT STINKS to high heaven.
I've often wondered where those fees go. It sure hasn't been to access. I even live in a town, not out in the sticks! A small town to be sure, but one would think any concentration of people would be worth connecting. The last we heard was by year end....last year. Same thing the year before, and the year before that. So where do those rural access fees go?