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>No, it means they would have to actually care about broadband competition in US and about abuses from the local monopolies, in order to get faster Internet No
by criley2 13y ago
>No, it means they would have to actually care about broadband competition in US and about abuses from the local monopolies, in order to get faster Internet
No, it means they'll care even less because they'll be relegated to satellite only rural bullshit internet that has insanity latency, etc.
They will not experience anything relating to Comcast/cable/DSL/telcos in any significant way because the truly out there rural places in the country have far worse connections than a comcast monopoly.
- BrandonM 13y agoYep. My parents live a half hour outside Wilmington, NC, and they can't even get Hughes (satellite Internet). They currently pay $90/mo for 2gb of Verizon wireless data. Their only other choice is DirecTV's offering, which is priced similarly and also metered. On the other hand, my brother in Wilmington has Time Warner, and I can't even SSH out, at least with whatever default setup they hooked him up with.
- jethro_tell 13y agoMy parents are in the same situation. I can ssh out but with 1500 mil latency a day at the console is pretty tough.