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Originally Posted by Chris
Setting up as a small rural business myself, I meet a lot of other people who are doing exactly the same, and the common thread with all of us is the need for fast, reliable internet connectivity. If we can't get it, then we have to commute, clogging up the roads and spending our newspaper, coffee and lunch money in places other than the small communities where we live and would prefer to work.
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Nice one on the business and I'm sorry to hear that but unsure why tax payers should pay for you to get faster Internet because you would prefer to work in the small community in which you live.
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Originally Posted by Chris
I take your point about most countries not even having dodgy 2-meg DSL, but then most countries still have a problem with cholera. We're (miraculously) still a G7 economy and we should be paying a little more attention to the infrastructure needs that will keep us there.
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Absolutely, though I'm unsure of the value of paying 7 figures to enable just over 100 homes.
For all the discussion of terrifyingly expensive services for people as remote as you most services are terrifyingly expensive to provide
