Yup; the Internet is screwed up.

Roy r.engehausen at gmail.com
Sun Jun 12 01:07:42 UTC 2011


On 6/11/2011 4:29 PM, Christopher Pilkington wrote:
> On Jun 11, 2011, at 19:00, TR Shaw<tshaw at oitc.com>  wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure where this thread is going but rural america and rural canada are rolling their own broadband connectivity in places.
> This is my eventual goal where I'm moving. (Oswego Co., NY).
>
> I'm well aware that I'm moving outside of "broadband-land", and while
> I'm not happy about this, the pros of moving there outweighed this
> con.
>
> Options seem to be limited to HughesNet and dial for the moment, but
> things may change if I put a tower on the property. HughesNet seems to
> relax it's bandwidth cap between 2am and 7am, which is helpful, but
> still a great shift from what I'm used to at the current residence
> (15/2).
>

No 3G cellphone service?


> It would be great to get neighbors in on some sort of community
> solution, but it will take some time to feel out where they are on
> this.
>
>





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