Evan wrote:
On Aug 18, 11:14 am, Metspitzer wrote:
I sure would have to think hard about moving to an area without
broadband. We have relatives that just bought a house a year ago and
they are forced to use Hughes satellite. We call that area dial up
country.

Umm... An "area without broadband" is one which
is too far away from the population center where
the central facilities for various services are located...

The cable or phone company is not going to string
10 miles of cables to serve two houses, if those
homes really want the services they have to pay
to build them out from the closest network access
point to the premises they wish to be connected...

It is just like getting electrical service to a remote
location.

The cost is what makes an area devoid of broadband.....

~~ Evan

Hi,
Where my cabin is located we have gas. electricity and no land line
phone but cell phone works. We created a co-op for net access using WiFi
with an antenna tower and AP. We pulled the money for initial investment
and now cost is ~50.00/month per family as subscribers increase there is
possibility the cost may go down further.

At home I have full featured TV, two phone lines, 50/5 net access as a
bundle. 150.00 a month. Real time video streaming for home theater is
never a problem day or night.