chronically_crazy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 个月前Would you live in a rural area?message-squaremessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1152arrow-down1message-squareWould you live in a rural area?chronically_crazy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 个月前message-square141fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarearchonet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·10 个月前Contingent on fiber internet and having a four-wheeel-drive vehicle, yes. Snow’s a bitch and so is DSL. Other than that, the solitude would be rad.
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·10 个月前The DSL thing is a bit of a myth nowadays. The rural area around where I live has better internet than the city.
minus-squareRedditiscancer789@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 个月前Then you live in a pretty recently upgraded area. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184726217/rural-states-likely-to-benefit-the-most-from-funds-to-improve-broadband-access
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 个月前I have a feeling the reason the internet is so good in MS is because they are more concerned with doing literally anything else besides giving us drinkable tap water.
minus-squareinfinipurple@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·10 个月前And, you know, there’s a whole planet that exists outside of the US…
minus-squareRedditiscancer789@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 个月前Just like the areas that exist outside your little rural area. It’s almost like either of us shouldn’t make blanket statements.
minus-squareinfinipurple@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 个月前Except that acknowledging that the world exists doesn’t constitute a blanket statement…
minus-squareluckyhunter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·10 个月前I have starlink. Better internet than I ever had in town. We should be getting fiber any day now too.
Contingent on fiber internet and having a four-wheeel-drive vehicle, yes.
Snow’s a bitch and so is DSL. Other than that, the solitude would be rad.
The DSL thing is a bit of a myth nowadays. The rural area around where I live has better internet than the city.
Then you live in a pretty recently upgraded area. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184726217/rural-states-likely-to-benefit-the-most-from-funds-to-improve-broadband-access
I have a feeling the reason the internet is so good in MS is because they are more concerned with doing literally anything else besides giving us drinkable tap water.
And, you know, there’s a whole planet that exists outside of the US…
Just like the areas that exist outside your little rural area. It’s almost like either of us shouldn’t make blanket statements.
Except that acknowledging that the world exists doesn’t constitute a blanket statement…
I have starlink. Better internet than I ever had in town. We should be getting fiber any day now too.