Bandwidth

I was talking with a pal of mine from Jacksonport the other day who shared with me his oft-repeated lamentation of limited and crappy internet connections.  Of how satellite is his only viable option.  DSL remains limited in scope aside from population centers and building-out of infrastructure.  Cable is non-existent in the countryside.  It isn't just natural gas, city water and sewer - it is technology too.  Such is the lot of many of us who choose to live in rural America.  Reminds me of rural electrification around the time before and after WWII.

Today the CenturyTel (CenturyLink) technician arrived and both connected and activated our new high speed internet.  

I have to tell you it's almost like living with big city urban internet - without all the neighbors.

We'll see how it holds-up under the strain of a household full of guests with all of them staring into their phones.

Raising a toast to broadband....