| Parts of rural America have broadband
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| | wholesale prices. I am not sure what
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| internet access and I guess you could say
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| | wholesale prices means but to a company
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| it is available to everyone if you
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| | like Verizon it means another chance to
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| consider the satelite services which
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| | gouge anyone who wants put up the amount
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| cover the entire country which are
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| | they will arbitrarily come up with.
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| ridiculously expensive for the initial
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| | I think if some company is going to rent
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| setup and monthly service. There also is
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| | a piece of this spectrum in their area it
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| a patchwork of local providers offering
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| | should be cheap, cheap to the point it is
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| wireless internet services off of water
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| | a negligible expense in the operation of
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| towers and grain elevators and buildings.
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| | an ISP\'s costs to provide internet
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| These services are limited in the amount
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| | access. The telcos like to promote
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| of bandwidth they can offer, not because
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| | themselves as service providers. If one
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| the wireless gear is not capable of high
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| | of them gets this spectrum let them do a
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| speeds, but because the actual t1s or t3s
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| | real service to this country and provide
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| to provide the backhaul to the internet
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| | cheap access to everyone who is willing
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| are so expensive.
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| | to do something valuable with the
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| The nice thing about this particular
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| | spectrum in their area.
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| spectrum is it will go through trees,
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| | Each election cycle politicians have
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| walls, and just about anything for a long
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| | spouted crap about bringing broadband
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| distance from a central broadcast point.
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| | access to rural areas. First of all, I do
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| So the cost of deployment is reduced
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| | not think they really know anything about
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| because one central broadcast station
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| | the business and the technology.
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| will cover a large area and the cost of
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| | Secondly, they have ignored the large
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| setting it up and providing internet
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| | group of small companies that have
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| access is spread over more customers.
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| | already been providing broadband access
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| This is all contingent upon local
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| | in rural areas. Finally, they have been
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| providers being able to gain access to
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| | all to happy to take money from telcos
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| the spectrum in their area.
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| | that maintain a stranglehold on access
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| Google started a discussion about this
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| | out to the internet by charging too much
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| spectrum and tried to influence the FCC
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| | for broadband circuits to carry rural
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| to require the purchaser of the spectrum
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| | traffic to the internet.
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| to provide access to third parties at
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