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I'm curious - what part of the world has single digit kbps links to the internet? Just off the top of my head, rural Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
by cbs 14y ago
I'm curious - what part of the world has single digit kbps links to the internet?
Just off the top of my head, rural Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
- mosburger 14y agoHey now - I live in Maine, I can't think of anywhere with single digit kbps internet! My in-laws live in the sticks, in a town w/ a population of 600, and even they have DSL.
- amichal 14y ago~10Kbps. Southern VT. 0.1 mile from a cable provider and 2 miles from 4G cell coverage. Live on the wrong road and you are out if luck. Solutions tried by people I know (all since 2005) * Satalite radio (helps with downlink but uplink is still via modem) * Pay $700/mo for 1.5mb commercial T1 (1.5MBps). Took the ISP 3 days to do the line engineering from the CO. * Long distance point to point wifi (@2.4GHz ~1mile and 800Mhz 10+ miles) * HAM radio packet networking. Slow but fun * Running 1/2 mile+ of Ethernet cable (with inline repeaters) through the woods and hoping no one messes with them * Combinationa of the above. Hisghspeed Internet access in rural/hilly areas is a major challange. We pay a few dollars every month on our phone bills as a special state tax to fund the ISPs to provide it. Have for years. still a problem.