Telcos and cable companies often receive subsidies at the state level to bring broadband to out-of-the-way places, for speed improvements, etc. Not sure if this is the case in NC, but the situation nationwide is not that clear-cut.
TLDR version of which is: Parents are in rural NC. Northland Cable services the area but not my parent's street. Time Warner is less than mile away. They cant service area because Northland has exclusivity. DSL isnt there. 1mb wireless is there but with 30% packet loss.
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It saddens me every time I return for a visit. I see more and more businesses going away (it has been like this for years) and no new businesses moving in for the most part.
I can't help but feel that if the county actually had some reliable form of internet access to a larger portion of the county (s/internet/broadband) that things could improve a little. As it stands right now, I know some folks who moved to the county for work and then left because they could not get broadband at their home.
