Interesting; Holland, MA is roughly only a 90-minute haul from Boston and right off the Pike, and yet Union, CT is further down in the CT sticks and they had the cable service. Not much rhyme nor reason to it up here, either.
Our pols and media types occasionally wax all warm and fuzzy about extending broadband to the rubes and bumpkins on the basis of egalitarian fantasies and social/economic justice, but after a bit of churning and back-pedaling, it goes away again. The part of it that actually sucks, besides the entertainment non-availability, is the way so much stuff is ONLY available via internet, like job boards, applications, government paperwork, etc., and many folks still don't have the access, but this is what they get told on the radio or wherever; 'hey, just log in to our site and fill out the forms, etc., etc.' and they can't. Rescue choppers? Hmmmm....I was wondering why the regular OD-green chopper flights nearly every day up and down our river valley here...slide by anytime, Jerry; we'll pop a coupla flares for ya. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> wrote: > A friend of mine used to live in Holland, Ma (next to Sturbridge). They > had no cable, and a call to an ISP was long distance. He signed up for > satellite Internet until Dish network screwed the company. In any case, > Larry subsequently moved down the street to Union, Ct where they did > have cable. > Currently, telephone and cable systems are still taxed and regulated at > the municipal level. Where I live we have 2 cable companies (Comcast and > RCN) as well as Verizon (with FIOS). Fairpoint bought the system from > Verizon. > In any case call the bn op center and they'll send a couple of Hueys out > to rescue you at firebase Dave :-). Probably either Henry Wifholm or me :-) > > On 08/04/2011 08:14 AM, David Hardy wrote: > > It doesn't, actually. Many areas up here are still without internet at > > all, or they have dial-up/modem, and/or no cell phone access. A few > > party-line phone systems, too. As late as the 60s, three-quarters of > > the roads up here were unpaved. > > > > And only a four-drive from Boston. > > > > The pols and hacks keep promising the extension of broadband to the > > benighted hillbillies, but it just never seems to pan out. > > > > At Firebase Dave here, we have Verizon for our cells and Fairpoint for > > landline phone and internet. With regular outages of all. > > -- > Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id: 537C5846 > PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
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