30 Dec
2015
30 Dec
'15
11:59 a.m.
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Jim Brain <brain at jbrain.com> wrote:
We were spoiled in South Dakota, as somehow (and I am sure someone knows
and will enlighten us/me) the rural telcos (LECs?) tapped into lots of
funds from somewhere to drop fiber to all of the rural homes. 50Mb was the
slowest speed, as I recall, for data. The catch was that you had to buy a
telephone service with your Internet, probably for some legal/regulatory
reason. But, it was cheap, and we bought just the basics, and 50Mb was
more than one could expect when you are 8 miles from the nearest town and
on a large acreage. So, in markets where this type of service is offered,
I think telcos will thrive.
Probably the FCC's Connect America Fund. This is meant to do for broadband
what the REA did for electrical power.