There are some good rural programs...Alleghany County in NW NC has such a program so there is high speed internet available at every address. You have to pay to get it too you house if it is over a certain distance from the road (200 feet???).
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Originally posted by ridewv:
Thankfully I now benefit from it.
For over 15 years My sister's house and mine had no land phone line or cable and 0-1 bar signal strength of 3G cell. We finally put Hughsnet in for internet but it was SO SLOW, forget trying to watch a YouTube video, and it didn't work with my cell phone for wireless calling so I still had to drive about a mile to get a cell signal strong enough to stay connected.
Then about once a year I'd get in the mail a survey from Prodigi (a local internet and TV provider) asking if I had internet, if so how well it worked. If not, or if it was very slow, how was it affecting me. I'd mention the lack of telephone, inability to do my banking on-line, etc. and send it in. They would then submit all the return info to whatever government dept (State of Federal) with their application for financial rural internet assistance to help them with the cost of running the cable. Plus I'd drop by their office and plead every so often. After about the forth year they finally came and ran fiber to our homes so I now have internet, and strong cell signal at least around the house.
I think it's a very beneficial program for people living in rural areas, I'm sure grateful for it.
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