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Broadband in the Boonies Gets a $267M Boost
serversatoz.com — If you live somewhere in the United States where dial-up is the only Internet access option, relax: Help is coming, and so is broadband, thanks to Denver-based Open Range Communications. The company got a hefty $267 million loan from the USDA under its Rural Development Broadband Loan
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- mydigga, on 03/29/2008, -0/+3It sounds like they are offering a satellite broadband service which is already available to rural areas. Maybe the goal is to help bring the rates down?
- Nitrodist88, on 03/30/2008, -0/+1This just reeks of something that originally had good intentions that will end up having little to no impact.
- scooterbaga, on 03/30/2008, -0/+1I remember just a year or two ago when dial-up was the only option where I live... *shudder*
- DeskFlyer, on 03/30/2008, -0/+1Sweet, soon we will be able to learn how to raise cattle and grow corn! ;)
- Schrodinger2, on 03/30/2008, -0/+1I'm still waiting to get FiOs in my area
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