Broadband in rural America: Why I’m not holding my breath

Despite promising new technologies and federal stimulus money, the rural U.S. remains the land that telecom forgot. David Haskin from Computer world takes us on his experiences with technology in rural American. I can feel his woes, my parents have been promised broadband access for 10 years now but every time my parents inquire about it they reply should be installed in 10 years. My parents are on the very fringe of WIMax and get up to 1 Mb and as low as a few Kbps at some times during the day. If there is a story there is trouble sometimes just depending on the weather conditions.

Read about David Haskin’s story here: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9160698/Broadband_in_rural_America_Why_I_m_not_holding_my_breath?taxonomyId=16&pageNumber=1

Despite promising new technologies and federal stimulus money, the rural U.S. remains the land that telecom forgot. David Haskin from Computer world takes us on his experiences with technology in rural American. I can feel his woes, my parents have been promised broadband access for 10 years now but every time my parents inquire about it they reply should be installed in 10 years. My parents are on the very fringe of WIMax and get up to 1 Mb and as low as a few Kbps at some times during the day. If there is a story there is trouble sometimes just depending on the weather conditions.

Read about David Haskin’s story here: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9160698/Broadband_in_rural_America_Why_I_m_not_holding_my_breath?taxonomyId=16&pageNumber=1