On 13-Mar-2007, at 14:15, Todd Vierling wrote:
Depends on how rural the area is. Some parts of the US have
problematic terrain and *very* sparse population; there, the cost
would far outweigh the subscriber uptake. Should someone want
bandwidth in such an area, powerline or satellite are probably better
choices.
If powerlines are an option, you're not really rural :-)
However, just because you're remote doesn't mean that there aren't
options in the last mile, so long as you're prepared to do something
rather than just complain about others not doing it. The island of
Niue in the South Pacific has had free, nation-wide wifi available
for all since 2003, for example, and you don't get much more remote
than Niue.
Joe
