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My in-laws live in a fairly remote area in Upstate NY. They have no access to land-based broadband. Satellite is still inherently expensive, and the phone lines
by distantsounds 10y ago
My in-laws live in a fairly remote area in Upstate NY. They have no access to land-based broadband. Satellite is still inherently expensive, and the phone lines are so noisy that dialup is abysmal. This is a very optimistic plan but unfortunately I don't foresee it coming to fruition any time soon. There are just some areas that are so remote that it isn't feasible.
- TulliusCicero 10y agoVery remote areas with normal people should kind of not exist. Like on one hand I appreciate that freedom to choose where you live is great. But what happens is that when regular people (especially on the poorer end of things) live in the middle of nowhere in super low density areas, is that it becomes extremely difficult and expensive to provide infrastructure and services out there. And unless they're rich or Paul Bunyan reincarnated, they still probably want things from the government like electricity, water, roads, schools, internet, etc. But the economic productivity is too low to actually pay for those things via taxes, and that's how you end up with voluntary fire departments declining to put out someone's house that's on fire. We can't let people live just anywhere and guarantee basic infrastructure and services in a cost-effective way at the same time.
- antisthenes 10y agoThis comment nails the economic part of it. Surprising, for HN.