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To: Timber Rattler

I sympathize... Believe me I too know the heartache of Broadband infrastructure dysfunction. I use DSL I am at the far end of the distribution circle for the nearest “active” box.

However just 3/10ths of a mile from me is a BRAND NEW high speed internet connection box. Alas... It’s just there hooked up to the electric meter. It does nothing else. Why you might ask? Well according to my provider they received a grant from the government to install these new boxes every where so as to bring the joy of High Speed Broadband service to the rural country side. Yea them!

Unfortunately they didn’t get a grant to actually connect them with Fiber Optic cable. At least as far as my particular ‘box’ is concerned. And because there won’t be as much revenue from my rural area to pay for adding the infrastructure backbone as it costs them to install it... we won’t be seeing the new box start working to provide us with high speed internet service.

Caveat Emptor.


13 posted on 03/26/2015 11:57:57 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: The Working Man

Several years ago, they came through and laid a fiber cable about 3” diameter in front of my house. Yet my only choice is wireless...

Life in the sticks. And I would NOT move to town.


37 posted on 03/26/2015 1:42:14 PM PDT by Clay Moore (The future SHOULD belong to those who slander Muhammed.)
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