Darwin, CA, the town trapped by dialup internet. [View all]

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17569954

Just to the west of California's Death Valley, residents of Darwin have been trying to get connected to the broadband internet age.

For some of the 35 residents in town, loading a regular web page at 28kb/s can take several minutes and is not always guaranteed to work out.

While others were able to upgrade to a government-funded satellite system that is much faster, it comes with strict data limits per day which make video streaming nearly impossible.

"We are not saying we want to be given anything," says resident Kathy Goss. "We found our own potential solutions and we are willing to pay what it takes to get the hardware installed."


It's not just here. Heck in my home county we have swaths of rural areas who are in the same pickle. Their only choice for internet is Dsialup or nothing. Broadband won't come out there. There's no money in it for the providers. What we need is a 21st century TVA/REA. Only instead of bringing electricity to rural areas, it would bring broadband internet to rural areas.