Agree! I'll put it this way; if I were them, I'd be reluctant to bare the cost of the needed infrastructure for so few customers, too.
You're probably right with satellite technology. Currently there's Hughsnet & others but they cap residential speeds at about 3mbs, about half of what's needed for streaming video. We have wireless service which is similar to Hughsnet speeds but less $$$. You must have an unobstructed line (no trees or hills) to their tower to get it.
Hopefully this will bring some enlightenment to a lot of folks who have been living in the dark ages.
i think thats a good move by the FCC, now i can move back out to "the sticks" :)
Most of it was taken by the Cell Phone Industry.
Old television frequencies to speed cell data | StarTribune.com
We live in the very remote north west corner of Great Britain yet I still manage to get nearly an 8meg broadband connection, which is the maximum for our exchange. A couple of miles down the road, however, my neighbours struggle to get 1 or 2.
I was talking with someone from BT a few months back who told me BT was rolling-out 20meg B/b to our exchange by the end of next year. Fingers crossed here.
You're lucky, our exchange is supposed to be up to 8 down the South West of the country but I mainly only get about 2 to 3 mb. You'd think as we're surrounded by the MoD, training camps etc: they'd want BT to pull their finger out and get decent speeds going. I don't know whether it's being the coast that makes it harder but I wish they'd hurry up.
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