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Originally Posted by fjtorres
In the US there are entire swaths of the country that rely on dialup; rural and very small towns. (Low population density.)
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I'm in a town of 3500 in Rural Arkansas that isn't near any big towns. In fact we're the county seat and the largest town around. I do have DSL because I live in town but my sister lives 6 miles from the center of town and she can't get DSL. I think the limit for DSL is 2.5 miles from the center of town, or it was the last I heard.
Also there's no cable TV available in this area at all. It's satellite or nothing.
My sister uses satellite internet which has a fairly low cap. She can only watch a few Netflix TV shows or movies before maxing out so she doesn't do that at all. Even just using it for email, music, books and browsing she sometimes maxes out.
I just don't think anyone living anywhere can assume anything about anyone living somewhere else based on what they have. It's different all over.
Barry