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**mbossman2** · 01-14-2007, 07:53 AM

the slow adoption out in the more rural areas is really no different than the adoption of the telephone in those same areas - they had basic connectivity but things like autoswitching equipment didn't arrive until well after the rest of the country (I think the last switchboard operator for a phone company disappeared in the 70's or 80's.

the USA has a difficult problem: namely that there are places in this country where there millions in a small area but there are also 100's of square miles with 2 and getting service to those isolated people is a daunting and expensive task, especially with anything approaching cutting edge high speed (read: expensive) technology. Couple that with the feeling that everyone should have everything, when they want it and how they want it that seems too prevalent today and you run into an issue.

01-14-2007, 07:53 AM	#5
mbossman2 I am, in reality, a moose Staff Premium Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: RTP, NC Posts: 2,453	the slow adoption out in the more rural areas is really no different than the adoption of the telephone in those same areas - they had basic connectivity but things like autoswitching equipment didn't arrive until well after the rest of the country (I think the last switchboard operator for a phone company disappeared in the 70's or 80's. the USA has a difficult problem: namely that there are places in this country where there millions in a small area but there are also 100's of square miles with 2 and getting service to those isolated people is a daunting and expensive task, especially with anything approaching cutting edge high speed (read: expensive) technology. Couple that with the feeling that everyone should have everything, when they want it and how they want it that seems too prevalent today and you run into an issue. __________________ Veritas Principium Libertas