Why Bother? - dslreports.com

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pb5k more cowbell Premium join:2005-11-16 Glendale, AZ ·Cox HSI	Why Bother? I'm not a huge fan of most of these goofy alternative ways to deliver broadband. Consumers right now already have a good selection of choices. If you're in a metro area you generally can get access to DSL or Cable, and if you're not you can always tough it out with dialup or go satellite (Wildblue has a lot of good reviews,1.5 megs down, 256k up, and is $50 a month.) The only one of these alternative broadband systems I like is one they proposed in Michigan. A few small communities have considered putting wireless transmitters on grain towers. They may as well be skyscrapers given our geography, and can service large areas. It would be great competition for satellite, given that it would have far less latency. That type of strategy worked well for the chinese when they wanted a phone system but didn't want to run a bunch of expensive wire. Granted it's not perfect but it gives you basic service in a much shorter period of time and probably at much lower expense.
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BigCreek God Is Good. Premium join:2002-06-25 Heber Springs, AR	said by pb5k : Consumers right now already have a good selection of choices. If you're in a metro area you generally can get access to DSL or Cable, and if you're not you can always tough it out with dialup or go satellite (Wildblue has a lot of good reviews,1.5 megs down, 256k up, and is $50 a month.) Beg to differ... Things generally are great in urbia. But there are essentially no choices in much of rural America. None of you here would consider dial-up as an alternative. And the fact that you mention satellite means you've never had it. BPL appears to be a non-starter. But access for much of the geography of the country is far from a solved problem. -- SBC Static DSL; Linux. Terrific wife & kids; live on a farm by Big Creek. Software & network consultant.
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