When we moved to rural Maine in 2004, the choices for Internet was Hughes Satellite, pay Adelphia $5,000 to connect to their system 1000 feet up the road, dial-up at 14.4k baud or drive into town and go the public library and use their Internet.
Most of us have had to use choose one or more of those options in the past and they all suck. …
When we moved to rural Maine in 2004, the choices for Internet was Hughes Satellite, pay Adelphia $5,000 to connect to their system 1000 feet up the road, dial-up at 14.4k baud or drive into town and go the public library and use their Internet.
Most of us have had to use choose one or more of those options in the past and they all suck. My neighbor finally ponied up the $5K to connect to the Time-Warner and we split the cost with him. The other four neighbors decided not to connect for various reasons.
This is how it was for tens of thousands of rural Mainers until last year when new cable was run to several rural parts of Maine. Rural Maine includes many towns with up to 5000 residents that now have access to high speed internet. It may have only been $1 billion to you, which I agree is not a lot compared to what Senator Grassley and many of his Republican colleagues got in Covid-19 farm aid, but there are already tens of thousands of American homes and business that have high speed Internet for the first time.
Shame on Spectrum for not doing this sooner. Of course it was financially a loser for them if they did, so why bother? It's great to be a monopoly in America. Thanks so much Republicans --- NOT.
Gary, Our experience in rural Maine mirrors yours from dial-up to rapid speed fiber optics.
Our son, a computer animator has moved back from LA to Maine now that there is broadband capable of handling ther high speed necessary for his data intensive work. Bidenomics is attracting the highly educated , talented workers to expand Maine's economy.
It's great to have our son's family close enough for daly visits rather than 3200 miles away. High speed broadband made it possible.
When we moved to rural Maine in 2004, the choices for Internet was Hughes Satellite, pay Adelphia $5,000 to connect to their system 1000 feet up the road, dial-up at 14.4k baud or drive into town and go the public library and use their Internet.
Most of us have had to use choose one or more of those options in the past and they all suck. My neighbor finally ponied up the $5K to connect to the Time-Warner and we split the cost with him. The other four neighbors decided not to connect for various reasons.
This is how it was for tens of thousands of rural Mainers until last year when new cable was run to several rural parts of Maine. Rural Maine includes many towns with up to 5000 residents that now have access to high speed internet. It may have only been $1 billion to you, which I agree is not a lot compared to what Senator Grassley and many of his Republican colleagues got in Covid-19 farm aid, but there are already tens of thousands of American homes and business that have high speed Internet for the first time.
Shame on Spectrum for not doing this sooner. Of course it was financially a loser for them if they did, so why bother? It's great to be a monopoly in America. Thanks so much Republicans --- NOT.
Gary, Our experience in rural Maine mirrors yours from dial-up to rapid speed fiber optics.
Our son, a computer animator has moved back from LA to Maine now that there is broadband capable of handling ther high speed necessary for his data intensive work. Bidenomics is attracting the highly educated , talented workers to expand Maine's economy.
It's great to have our son's family close enough for daly visits rather than 3200 miles away. High speed broadband made it possible.
"Chuck Grassley received more than $1.4 million [in farm subsidies] from 1995 to 2021." Des Moines Register, Feb 2023
Amazing. What a hypocritical old fart he is.