Re:The Spread of Start-Up America and the Rise of the High-T...
by lotharbot on Thursday October 20, 2011 @01:43PM
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> "it's not like we're lost somewhere in the middle of Utah"
Actually, rural Utah is remarkably well connected.
A lot of major backbones run through Salt Lake City, and many communities in the middle of Utah have fiber to the home (via the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, or UTOPIA). Right now, I live in a town of under 20,000 people and get both download and upload speeds in the 20 megabit range with pretty low latency.
As you said in a few posts up, it's a local problem. This community decided broadband was important, so we voted for it and got it. Other communities and governments don't really recognize the importance, so you can be just a few miles from major backbone and yet be stuck with dialup or weak satellite.
Actually, rural Utah is remarkably well connected.
A lot of major backbones run through Salt Lake City, and many communities in the middle of Utah have fiber to the home (via the Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency, or UTOPIA). Right now, I live in a town of under 20,000 people and get both download and upload speeds in the 20 megabit range with pretty low latency.
As you said in a few posts up, it's a local problem. This community decided broadband was important, so we voted for it and got it. Other communities and governments don't really recognize the importance, so you can be just a few miles from major backbone and yet be stuck with dialup or weak satellite.