I live in a city that's about 4 years old. It was built out in the sticks, and at the time getting the big utility players out here was near impossible. So the city decided to run ALL the utilities themselves. A few headaches, but the switch they bought for the telecom just needed one card added and, viola, instant DSL to every home in the city (one basic city requirement was fiber to within 3000 feet of every building lot). The city charges $40/month for 640/256k and it's pretty sweet to be out in the sticks and still have decent connectivity. There is also a wireless 802.11b company in our area that has just started offering service in the last couple months. Overall, I like the choices I have here over what I had in my previous city (a suburb of Salt Lake City) which were dialup, Qwest DSL, or Sprint Broadband Direct.
Don't you think you could borrow a CD from a friend, put it in your cdrom drive, then give it
back, and still be able to listen to the "beamed" cd?
Just a thought.
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I live in a city that's about 4 years old. It was built out in the sticks, and at the time getting the big utility players out here was near impossible. So the city decided to run ALL the utilities themselves. A few headaches, but the switch they bought for the telecom just needed one card added and, viola, instant DSL to every home in the city (one basic city requirement was fiber to within 3000 feet of every building lot). The city charges $40/month for 640/256k and it's pretty sweet to be out in the sticks and still have decent connectivity. There is also a wireless 802.11b company in our area that has just started offering service in the last couple months. Overall, I like the choices I have here over what I had in my previous city (a suburb of Salt Lake City) which were dialup, Qwest DSL, or Sprint Broadband Direct.
Don't you think you could borrow a CD from a friend, put it in your cdrom drive, then give it back, and still be able to listen to the "beamed" cd? Just a thought.