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Originally Posted by drjd
That is sadly true. There are places around who have only dreamt of a broadband connection or may ask 'What does a mobile stand for?'
Yet another facet of the problem, I shifted to a farmhouse couple of years back, some 30 kms away from the city. The telephone companies won't give me a broadband connection because it's not 'technically feasible and economically viable' for them. I had no other option but to use a GPRS (too slow!) or a GSM-3G (too expensive!!) instead. I went for 3G, and now paying more than double of a broadband price every month.
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Your telco is right about the technically feasible. What they likely offer is DSL, and the nature of the tech requires you to be within a certain distance of the equipment that provides it. 30km is
far outside DSL range.
An old friend lives in rural PA. He used to connect via dial-up. I was quite startled when he was able to get a DSL line. I didn't think he lived close enough to a telco CO to get it.
TV is satellite. He lives in a valley out of line of site from transmission towers, so local stations aren't available. He can't get cable, either, unless he's willing to pay a $3K fee to the local cable company to get him them to run a line. He's too far off the beaten track to be worth it for them to do it unless he pays for it.
Most recently, he was telling me Hughes was pushing a satellite based Internet connection setup that would be far better than his DSL line. I'd feel happier if my friend wasn't
negative technical. I've already had experience trying to resolve a problem he had with hardware and software I don't use long distance from NYC. I'd prefer to avoid more.
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Dennis