USDA Rural Development is providing a massive loan to a Colorado based firm to provide wireless services across 17 states and 518 rural communities. The service won’t be free. Prices are going to be comparable with other providers in urban/suburban areas.
Not sure of the impact, if any, this will have on TN. As we’ve posted here before with research done by ConnectedTN, bringing this technology into rural areas is a plus for all. The cow in the picture snubbed his nose at the idea, but that was partly because he didn’t understand the benefits to the cow population.
“Portable, high-speed connectivity provides new options to help create business expansion in rural communities,” Rural Development Under Secretary Thomas C. Dorr noted. “Communities that lack broadband are often bypassed for new economic development investments. Broadband is as important today as providing rural telephone service was 75 years ago, and we’re proud of our role in fostering public-private partnerships to bring broadband services to rural America.”
The project is slated to take place over the next five years. Will this help your community?
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I heard that the wireless access points will be powered by low levels of methane gas reducing connection rates drastically.
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