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Trump Leads for Rural Broadband, His Administration Should Follow
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| January 13, 2018
| Peter Ferrara
Posted on 01/13/2018 7:01:07 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: DIRTYSECRET
How you gonna wire up Bumf—k, Egypt? Too spread out.SpaceX satellite broadband internet
Within a few years, there will be multiple satellite internet providers, which incidentally will also provide satellite phone service.
A cheap solution for rural areas in poor countries might involve a village wifi router which connects to satellite.
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posted on
01/13/2018 8:58:21 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: bert
the federal government can provide the universal service just as it did with telephone and electric service. Electricity is standardized, run the wires, deliver the power. Telephone was standardized and stayed primitive for decades thanks to government-mandated monopoly. The last thing we need for internet is any kind of government mandate. That would get you crappy service quicker now, it would be DSL last two miles or so from fiber or wireless backbone. Then in 10 years you would still have crappy intermittent service while everyone else has moved on to low orbit satellite or other much better options.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:38:49 AM PST
by
palmer
(...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
To: txlurker
I had satellite Internet for a number of years. My home was in a place that's like the old joke: we got Saturday night's Grand Ole Opry on Monday morning.
Data limits that get throttled down when you exceed them (forget Netflix then), poor reception in severe weather, and horrible latency issues (forget playing Eve Online much less multiplayer Gears of War) and satellite Internet fast loses its appeal.
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posted on
01/13/2018 9:39:10 AM PST
by
Ciaphas Cain
(Liberalism, as with all else evil, can never create. It can only corrupt.)
To: Kaslin
I believe I can safely say that Mr. Jefferson would get behind that effort. From his writings, those were HIS favorite people and he'd certainly want as many of them as possible in the political loop!
MR. JEFFERSON ON CITIES!
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posted on
01/13/2018 10:00:58 AM PST
by
Dick Bachert
(Why are damn near ALL the SEX FIENDS Democrats?)
To: MayflowerMadam
Re: Sat internet as sold by Dish...
Way out here in the giggly weeds they sell you 15 gigs of data for 69.99 a month... Use it up and they sell you another gig for 10.00. Wow! What a deal!
15 gigs!
To: Kaslin
I’ve got it!
Fiber optic to the house!
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posted on
01/13/2018 2:34:43 PM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: bigbob
Not line of sight, trees in the way.
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01/13/2018 5:13:02 PM PST
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ro_dreaming
(Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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