http://work-at-home.business-opportunities.biz/2007/04/05/att-bell-south-and-rural-broadband/ News, and links for WAH entrepreneurs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:04:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://work-at-home.business-opportunities.biz/2007/04/05/att-bell-south-and-rural-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-386173 Frank Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:26:38 +0000 http://work-at-home.business-opportunities.biz/2007/04/05/att-bell-south-and-rural-broadband/#comment-386173 Yea, move. Yea, move.

]]> http://work-at-home.business-opportunities.biz/2007/04/05/att-bell-south-and-rural-broadband/comment-page-1/#comment-295999 Rhonda Thu, 01 May 2008 21:14:24 +0000 http://work-at-home.business-opportunities.biz/2007/04/05/att-bell-south-and-rural-broadband/#comment-295999 I have a question that I think is already on the minds of a lot of people who live in the "boonies". Here is my problem, first. We live about 30 miles east of Nashville in Lebanon, but not in downtown Lebanon. We live near the Nashville Super Speedway, but getting anything out here is like trying to fly without wings! We have had to fight for everything from a paved road, city water and now, internet is an issue. No DSL is offered even after all these years of being promised DSL. No cable is offered...the line stops about 5 miles from us and they have no interest in extending the lines or service because it is not "financially constructive" to do so. The only options for internet service is extremely slow dialup (even our phone lines out here are horrible due to being at the butt end of the line between Wilson and Rutherford counties....no one wants to invest in the area because it is not financially sound to do so! I can get T-1 lines.....if I wish to pay a charge of around $900 per month!! And, then, there is the currently not-so-popular satellite internet services, Hughesnet and Wildblue, both of which we have experienced and HATE! My question, now, is....what is everyone else doing for internet for a home based rural area business? I need internet on several computers in my home business and for my kids to do homework, etc. I am being punished right now by Wildblue, even though we pay a premium (overpriced amount!!) for their "best" service, but are being slowed down and even our service dropped because they say we are "using too much bandwidth" when we know we aren't because most of the time, we can't even GET ONLINE to use the bandwidth! It's horrible. We would love to start a class action lawsuit, but don't have the funds to do so. It is all we can do to stay above water here and just pay the bills, buy gas and food. The home business is an evil necessity because we need more income than my husband's "day job" to make it. I am disabled and can't work and in the long and impossible fight to try and get disability, but finding dead ends everywhere. I just want decent internet, just like the city folks, for a decent fair price. Anyone have any help on this? Thanks! I have a question that I think is already on the minds of a lot of people who live in the “boonies”. Here is my problem, first. We live about 30 miles east of Nashville in Lebanon, but not in downtown Lebanon. We live near the Nashville Super Speedway, but getting anything out here is like trying to fly without wings! We have had to fight for everything from a paved road, city water and now, internet is an issue. No DSL is offered even after all these years of being promised DSL. No cable is offered…the line stops about 5 miles from us and they have no interest in extending the lines or service because it is not “financially constructive” to do so. The only options for internet service is extremely slow dialup (even our phone lines out here are horrible due to being at the butt end of the line between Wilson and Rutherford counties….no one wants to invest in the area because it is not financially sound to do so! I can get T-1 lines…..if I wish to pay a charge of around $900 per month!! And, then, there is the currently not-so-popular satellite internet services, Hughesnet and Wildblue, both of which we have experienced and HATE! My question, now, is….what is everyone else doing for internet for a home based rural area business? I need internet on several computers in my home business and for my kids to do homework, etc. I am being punished right now by Wildblue, even though we pay a premium (overpriced amount!!) for their “best” service, but are being slowed down and even our service dropped because they say we are “using too much bandwidth” when we know we aren’t because most of the time, we can’t even GET ONLINE to use the bandwidth! It’s horrible. We would love to start a class action lawsuit, but don’t have the funds to do so. It is all we can do to stay above water here and just pay the bills, buy gas and food. The home business is an evil necessity because we need more income than my husband’s “day job” to make it. I am disabled and can’t work and in the long and impossible fight to try and get disability, but finding dead ends everywhere. I just want decent internet, just like the city folks, for a decent fair price. Anyone have any help on this? Thanks!

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