9 Dec
2007
9 Dec
'07
7:36 p.m.
On Sunday 09 December 2007 22:13, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 9 Dec 2007 at 21:34, Dave McGuire wrote:
Interesting approach, that. I have a friend in rural WV and who had
basically *no* options besides dialup until he very recently got satellite,
which cost for some equipment and is costing him *way* more a month than what
I'm spending here on DSL -- about 4 times as much.
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
As someone who has worked in the ISP industry
for many years, and
currently manages a (quickly shrinking) dialin bank, I say "bunk".
Dialup is very nearly dead.
According to a July report from the American Farm Bureau Federation,
only about 24 percent of rural US households have any access to
broadband at all. Fewer than 10 percent actually subscribe. It's
kind of the rural electrification before REA.
Not everyone lives in a city. Heck, I'm only 2 miles outside of the
city and there's no WiFi or cable here--but because I was willing to
sell a parcel of land to the telco, I do have DSL.