I have been working here in Ecuador to provide internet access to poorly served areas, and it is a challenge, albiet not an insurmountable one. Wireless technology from smallish companies like Ubiquiti, Mikrotik, and Mimosa to name a few, is pretty inexpensive, even here where import duties are high. The big challenge where I'm working is getting line-of-sight between nodes, where there is a lot of dense forest cover over 20 meters high.
One thing that I found interesting in the article that Jochen linked to is that the US FCC defines broadband as 25mbps down / 3mbps up. Maybe I'm just used to it, but I find about 2up/1down plenty even for video streaming. More is always better, of course :-) On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Santa Fe, and New Mexico in general, is interesting in that regard. > [...] > But then there is a lot of the countryside that is left out of this. I > really like the idea of making the Country(side) important. In NM there > issues with the tribal lands which are poorly served, but it's getting > better. >
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