iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| Sounds about right...
Small-lot semi-rural areas might have a few relatively fast WiSPs available to them. But once you get out into the sticks even more, bandwidth becomes expensive and you take what you can get. Heck, even a few dozen miles from San Antonio you've got providers who charge $40+ for a connection that isn't even termable as broadband.
Think duopolies are lousy for competition? With WiSPs no competition means cleaner spectrum, which is a good thing, but also a total non-incentive to upgrade service, which is bad. If you can get EvDO coverage Millenicom is an option, albeit at $60 per month plus equipment costs. However there are places where 3G isn't available, in which case you're rather hosed. |
