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They should also filter for geographies that providers serve. e.g. If one provider is serving predominantly rural areas, most of their trunks will be using dire
by mmaunder 16y ago
They should also filter for geographies that providers serve. e.g. If one provider is serving predominantly rural areas, most of their trunks will be using directional wireless, leaving them at a severe disadvantage which is no fault of theirs.
If we were then to rank ISP's on throughput, even though a rural ISP is serving a critical and under-served part of our community, they would be rewarded with negative perception.
- chc 16y agoA lot of people I've heard from in rural areas have much better Internet connections than I can affordably get living in San Diego.
- chadgeidel 16y agoI'll second this. When I lived in Mitchell, SD (15k people - look it up) I had 3 ISPs to choose from (in city limits). I had pretty good throughput from 2 of them - one was wireless.