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Rural High Speed Internet In The Bill?
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:47 pm
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:47 pm
In all the money being tossed around for recovery they need to set aside about a billion for development of true high speed internet throughout the United States regardless of where you live. It's now an essential service, especially in times of crisis like we're experiencing now, with folks advised to stay home and to work from home if possible. Crappy satellite internet is not going to get it done.
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:48 pm to WMTigerFAN
Would create some infrastructure projects as well. I don't hate it just don't know how feasible it is
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:48 pm to WMTigerFAN
Actually don't a problem with it.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:51 pm to WMTigerFAN
Starlink (and others) will be up sooner than any govt bloat can manage. Let Elon pay for it.
This post was edited on 3/26/20 at 6:52 pm
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:56 pm to WMTigerFAN
They’ve been giving grants to rural internet/telephone companies for years through the RUS
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:57 pm to WMTigerFAN
Great idea.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:58 pm to WMTigerFAN
As well as broadband works these days, we pretty much already have it. Maybe something could be done to make it a bit less expensive.
I haven't found very many places where my Verizon Broadband won't work. Middle of the desert, in the mountains, I've only found a couple of places where it doesn't work. It's pretty damn fast too.
I haven't found very many places where my Verizon Broadband won't work. Middle of the desert, in the mountains, I've only found a couple of places where it doesn't work. It's pretty damn fast too.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 6:58 pm to WMTigerFAN
That would benefit Republicans, so nope.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:01 pm to TigerMan327
quote:Yep. A part of the New Deal all these rural up-by-their-own-bootstrappers don't seem to mind.
They’ve been giving grants to rural internet/telephone companies for years through the RUS
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:06 pm to Poohter
I’m really hoping starlink works as projected
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:09 pm to Jack Daniel
quote:
I’m really hoping starlink works as projected
What is that supposed to be? another satnet service?
How is it supposed to be different from hughesnet?
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:31 pm to auggie
Basically, current satellite internet has a lot of latency because in order for one satellite to cover the entire rotation of earth, the single satellite has to be very far away from earth.
Starlink plan is to have several satellites (like 40,000 I think) but closer to earth in order to cover the entire world during rotation. Being closer to earth will remove the latency.
Starlink plan is to have several satellites (like 40,000 I think) but closer to earth in order to cover the entire world during rotation. Being closer to earth will remove the latency.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:32 pm to auggie
Low orbit mini-sats and hundreds of them. Low ping and faster than 5G.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:34 pm to WMTigerFAN
Real fiber-based high speed internet needs to be a public utility.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 7:47 pm to TigerMan327
We had that in very rural MN in about 2004 - 2005 and we have it in rural IA now. Both from those grants.
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