I’m waiting for the geniuses at Google Fiber to show us dummies how to solve that one.
You could say advertising supported or walled garden services like Facebook is promoting in the third world might be the answer, but with those trees, drones and balloons might not be a solution, even satellite might be tough. And if people can’t afford or don’t want a computer, connectivity is not the only obstacle. Schools sending kids home with Chromebooks might break through that. From: Eric Kuhnke Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 4:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Unsurprising news: Rural Mississippi broadband sucks http://www.wired.com/2015/11/the-land-that-the-internet-forgot/ yeah you're not going to get a lot of subscribers in a county where 90% of the children qualify for free school lunches... no matter what the population is, hard finding a sufficient number of people to pay $50/mo.
