[TowerTalk] "The Socialized Power Grid"

[Bill Aycock]

I am one of those so served. The local phone "service" says "we have no 
plans to extend higher speed connections into that area". I am doing very 
well for both TV coverage and Internet service with satellite links. The 
cost is a little higher, but the coverage is good. I am in a rural area, 
but we do have underground phone service, municipal water, and power, with 
maintenance better than in town. My nearest neighbor is over a half mile 
away, and it is 1650 feet from my water meter to my house.

separate subject-- the Texas Legislature, or "The Lege" as Molly Ivins 
calls it. If you really want to get your laughs from the idiocy of this 
bunch of idiots, see any column by this outstanding journalist. She is good.
Bill


At 09:24 AM 4/23/2005 -0500, j4976 at juno.com wrote:

>What I don't ever hear mentioned is that those 5% who do not have cable
>or a phone line suitable for DSL can get high speed internet service via
>satelite.  Its very common and affordable outside the US, but here, no
>one wants to talk about it.  There's just no reason for BPL in its
>current format.

Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama