Comment Re:Good argument for municipal-owned networks (Score 2, Interesting) 586
I live in a very rural area, about 40 miles from the nearest civilization. Our telco is a coop and also provides DSL, if you live close enough to their facilities. Fortunately, I do and get 800k to 1.5mb DSL. The cost is reasonable at around $35/month.
Frankly, I was completely shocked that this speed was available here. When I worked for a rural ISP, we were lucky to get 9600bps connections with a 56k modem in some places.
The irony is that people in rural areas stand to benefit the most from the Internet. The options for learning and seeing different perspectives are limited out here. Most of the people I work with forget that there is a whole big world out there. I'm one of the strange few who gave up my high paying job to live in the country and be the only technical support person for about a 40 mile radius. Unlike most of the residents here, at least, I have lived elsewhere and experienced the "rest of the world."
Frankly, I was completely shocked that this speed was available here. When I worked for a rural ISP, we were lucky to get 9600bps connections with a 56k modem in some places.
The irony is that people in rural areas stand to benefit the most from the Internet. The options for learning and seeing different perspectives are limited out here. Most of the people I work with forget that there is a whole big world out there. I'm one of the strange few who gave up my high paying job to live in the country and be the only technical support person for about a 40 mile radius. Unlike most of the residents here, at least, I have lived elsewhere and experienced the "rest of the world."
