Comments on: What Digital Divide? Some Surprising Results in New Study http://techliberation.com/2006/03/24/what-digital-divide-some-surprising-results-in-new-study/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:03:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Blake http://techliberation.com/2006/03/24/what-digital-divide-some-surprising-results-in-new-study/comment-page-1/#comment-54634 Blake Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:46:25 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/03/24/what-digital-divide-some-surprising-results-in-new-study/#comment-54634 Lets not forget the rural areas. I live close enough to a metro area to get the over-the-air TV broadcasts, but far enough that buying local channels on satellite is worth the money. There is no fiber at home, no cable, its too far for DSL, and dial-up internet is slowed by multiple switches. Heck, we were on a shared phone line not too long ago.<br><br>There is a lot of redlining going on, and it is not all based on income. Out here it is based on population density. Lets not forget the rural areas. I live close enough to a metro area to get the over-the-air TV broadcasts, but far enough that buying local channels on satellite is worth the money. There is no fiber at home, no cable, its too far for DSL, and dial-up internet is slowed by multiple switches. Heck, we were on a shared phone line not too long ago.

There is a lot of redlining going on, and it is not all based on income. Out here it is based on population density.

]]> By: Blake http://techliberation.com/2006/03/24/what-digital-divide-some-surprising-results-in-new-study/comment-page-1/#comment-32996 Blake Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:46:25 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/03/24/what-digital-divide-some-surprising-results-in-new-study/#comment-32996 Lets not forget the rural areas. I live close enough to a metro area to get the over-the-air TV broadcasts, but far enough that buying local channels on satellite is worth the money. There is no fiber at home, no cable, its too far for DSL, and dial-up internet is slowed by multiple switches. Heck, we were on a shared phone line not too long ago. There is a lot of redlining going on, and it is not all based on income. Out here it is based on population density. Lets not forget the rural areas. I live close enough to a metro area to get the over-the-air TV broadcasts, but far enough that buying local channels on satellite is worth the money. There is no fiber at home, no cable, its too far for DSL, and dial-up internet is slowed by multiple switches. Heck, we were on a shared phone line not too long ago.

There is a lot of redlining going on, and it is not all based on income. Out here it is based on population density.

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