I have to ask, Are we really treated equal?

AS a medical transcriptionist with the opportunity to work from home (and there are a lot of these opportunities) and not commute 100+ miles a day with the high gas prices, I cannot because being in a rural area "high speed" internet service is not an option. Don't you think that with the technology we have available that companies would want to take advantage of this. Like the one company shows on their website from caveman to horse and buggy to dialup and then to high speed. We are still living in the caveman era out here. What a shame!

Yes some of us choose to live in these remote rural areas but we really are not treated equally.

I feel that right now with the way the economy is going and gas prices, companies should take advantage of expanding their services. I can just imagine how many billions and billions of dollars they could make, but do they really care? Just like any other job I guess here in the United States it is easier to "outsource overseas" as they apparently have the technology.

56k is really high speed , The super fast stuff breaks down the math isnt that great .

 

We now have 8 bit analog for sale , 32 bit analong radios and computers in all new police cars which are all wheel drive with new rifels in the squad cars .

 

Out sourcing does have to end I agree , the lands between canada and the US are mostly settler famalies from thousands of years ago , there was a huge gap between Eskimoe and Indian and the land was sold to those people and they sell it to one another and rent on it still . The europeans influence is there .

As to the issue of a lack of high speed connections in rural areas, what is the economic incentive for ISPs to extend their infrastructure to rural areas?

The cost ratio between what it takes to extend fiberoptics or other infrastructure and what a user will pay for high speed access breaks down at some point. It is much more cost effective to provide access to more densely populated areas where there are larger numbers of consumers among whom the price for that infrastucture can be defrayed.

So unless you are asking that taxpayers somehow subsidize providing high speed access to rural areas, like they already do for road construction and utilities, I'm afraid this isn't likely to happen.

As for the outsourcing issue, countries like India have made large capital investments to provide themselves with high speed infrastructure, and yes this has made them much more competitive on the global market and is a reason why jobs are outsourced there.

If you want a large scale public investment in infrastructure (desparately needed in Roads and Mass Transit as well as internet access) then you'll need to get your rural friends and neighbors to stop opposing every tax increase that comes across the table.

They can't have it both ways, demanding tax free liberitarianism and that the rest of the country subsidize your ability to live in the middle of no where are contradictory ideas.

High speed acess to the internet is no good , virtual reality is banned . 56 k is top speed and make sure you acess the right server . There is 56 k wireless in some cities , high speed wireless is beeing takin down in Kanata at all points . It's no good .

I have found 56K Dial Up very good...I did try a FREE Offer of High Speed many-many years ago..ITS ADDED Equipment and wires...and the High Speed that I have seeen in my internet travels really is VIDEO Playback...I have never found High Speed a necessity...my DownLoad Sites(Updates or Upgrades)do advertise some option for High Speed..but the latest Microsoft Update of SP3(from SP2)has knocked almost 3-hours from my OS set up times...I'm fairly sure that High Speed runs ONTOP of Dial-Up...so you still PAY the $$23.00 Internet Access FEE..then you need to add more FEES to get HIGH SPEED...so internet access can be around $$50.00../..for many options that RUN my PC..I do a SAVE of FILES(creating a Library)of programs and updates that usually I get ONLINE...it can take 2-hours..but onced SAVED to my Library..I can add them in 30-seconds or 2-minutes.../...I have received the wrong file and spent all day attempting to LOAD some component...only to find it was wrong...so here again I always mention taking NOTES..keep a notebook like your Car Dealership gives you..LIST all your Hardware(Product#)(serial#)(Version#)...software has Registration...so if you purchase some software and register it..you can DOWNLOAD its UPDATES(or Upgrades)...write down all those Filenames of the Updates(and File Size)...and allow you Software Website to do the first operation...[you may have to return]for the Latest Updates so keep track of your DATES that you did these LIBRARY-builds.../..my PC maintainace was up to 16-hours...today its about 5-hours...that's darn good.

Anything else is about CONTENT...I think its easier to be patient than pay high fees for High Speed.