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mjbrown

06-28-2007 08:03:42




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Read in Newsweek that Eastonia is better connected than the USA especially rural americans . DSL is not available where I live. I wonder how many of you who live in rural areas are able to get high speed. I'm guessing we won't be able to get it any time soon either unless the government forces it like they did with electrification.




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Traditional Farmer

06-29-2007 01:43:32




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to mjbrown, 06-28-2007 08:03:42  
Yea but the guys that live in town can't have a pig pen and don't have a nice clear stream running thru their back 40 either.Living in any area has its pluses and minuses.If you want city services then you need to move closer to one.



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Kelly C

06-28-2007 21:26:17




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to mjbrown, 06-28-2007 08:03:42  
Right now its a numbers game. A remote DSL cabinet has 50 ports for subsribers. 45 of these need to be sold for the remote unit to break even. Most Rural cabinets are at 25% capacity.
So they are not paying for them selfs.

Now as soon as IP TV gets implemented in the big cities and they replace all the stinger cabinets with Fiber fed IP TV boxes. Then they will have a whole bunch of already paid for stingers to place in rural areas.

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N. TX Tim

06-28-2007 18:49:08




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to mjbrown, 06-28-2007 08:03:42  
Believe it or not, there are people in the U.S. that live off the electrical grid as well. Some have all their life and prefer it that way. Do a search for "windmills" and you will find some interesting stuff on homemade windmills that folks who live off the grid use to generate power for basic electrical needs (including computers/internet etc).

I was quite amazed by this...something I had never suspected.

Tim

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RodInNS

06-28-2007 17:18:21




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to mjbrown, 06-28-2007 08:03:42  
I'm out in the boonies.... and we have wireless now for the past month or so. I can't understand how we got along without it for so long. It got to the point here where we needed a second line for the 'puter, or go wireless to free up the line. This is sooooo ooooo much faster and more reliable so far.
Really, it's coming to the point where you need high speed to just view some sites or download software patches and upgrades and the like.... and most of that stuff is just too big to do on dialup. Eventually, those areas that don't have some form of high speed will be left behind.

Rod

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mjbrown

06-29-2007 03:43:45




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to RodInNS, 06-28-2007 17:18:21  
I ran into that trying to do my taxes. Downloading updates was required and took hours.



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souNdguy

06-28-2007 11:52:04




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to mjbrown, 06-28-2007 08:03:42  
I -JUST- got DSL service this month here in north central florida..

Soundguy



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Jay (ND)

06-28-2007 10:05:45




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to James22, 06-28-2007 09:43:37  
Nice post James. Dead on.

Stop by the OT board sometime for some good rib-pokin.

Jay



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mjbrown

06-28-2007 09:53:02




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to James22, 06-28-2007 09:43:37  
Agreed about Newsweek. There was also a piece about global warming that said a .1 percent increase in the suns energy out put was nothing. Sounds like a lot more than nothing to me.



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Jay (ND)

06-28-2007 08:48:54




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to mjbrown, 06-28-2007 08:03:42  
I'm in rural NE North Dakota, in a county of 3000 people. I am 10 miles from any town and have a microwave dish on my house giving me DSL. $40 per month. Was cheaper than the 2nd phonelive + internet.

Jay



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onefarmer

06-28-2007 08:38:28




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to mjbrown, 06-28-2007 08:03:42  
As far as I know 100% of the 48 states can get highspeed. You just have to pay for it. Via Wildblue and Hughsnet. Just need clear line of sight to the bird.



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fixerupper

06-28-2007 09:25:52




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to onefarmer, 06-28-2007 08:38:28  
We've had high speed for several years now, with the receiver on the roof for line-of-sight, but now we changed companies and they came with a receiver that sits in the office and faces a window that isn't even in the direction of their tower. The installer said the signal will bounce off of things until it hits the receiver, so now there's no cable or receiver outside anymore. We haven't had it long enough to see what happens when it rains (haven't had any for a month)or snows. Does anyone else have this? Jim

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onefarmer

06-28-2007 10:58:56




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 Re: High speed internet connection in reply to fixerupper, 06-28-2007 09:25:52  
Sure that would work for wireless. But that is another local thing with limited range. But a satellite still needs line of sight to the bird. If I had a choice of sat or wireless I'd go wireless. I don't have wireless availible and sat costs too much, so I'm stuck with dialup at home. I just do my heavy work at the office.



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