In fact some high tech trends were adopted first by people in rural areas. Think about this, who do you think would be the first person to buy a satalite TV service? Someone who lives in an area where they already can get 10 channels via broadcast TV or someone who can't get a signal for a 100 miles in any direction?
We had handheld 2 way radios with a 50 mile range in comon use way before the cell phone was invented and in some areas they are still in use because the phone companys refuse to put in towers because the population is to low. The town I lived in untill the last year had a population of less then 2k people. They cant get TV via cable even now nor DSL as the local phone excange can't support it. But that didn't stop them from getting broadband via sattlite from DircTV and previously Hughs etc. A supprizingly large number of people did this even before they were able to get any cell phone service here. I have DSL now because I live in a larger city of 15k but it cost's me $85 a month.
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Caleb @ May 22nd 2008 3:10PM
In fact some high tech trends were adopted first by people in rural areas. Think about this, who do you think would be the first person to buy a satalite TV service? Someone who lives in an area where they already can get 10 channels via broadcast TV or someone who can't get a signal for a 100 miles in any direction?
We had handheld 2 way radios with a 50 mile range in comon use way before the cell phone was invented and in some areas they are still in use because the phone companys refuse to put in towers because the population is to low. The town I lived in untill the last year had a population of less then 2k people. They cant get TV via cable even now nor DSL as the local phone excange can't support it. But that didn't stop them from getting broadband via sattlite from DircTV and previously Hughs etc. A supprizingly large number of people did this even before they were able to get any cell phone service here. I have DSL now because I live in a larger city of 15k but it cost's me $85 a month.