The White House just announced some new ideas to help rebuild rural America. One of which is for infrastructure - which would include internet broadband.
Whatever happened to the local company - that was funded by Federal, State and local funds - that was supposed to improve our internet connections.
Every damn day, around 3:00 - just when kids are getting out of school - the internet speeds around Salisbury grind to a screeching halt! What gives??? I get better speeds on my cell phone when I travel to metro areas better than I do with my home and office PC in the afternoon. It's a scam!
The plan to rebuild rural America
“Throughout American history, we have been recognized as a global leader in many areas, but we are in distinct danger of squandering advantages we hold over other countries when it comes to our infrastructure system,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue writes this week in the pages of theDes Moines Register.
“Throughout American history, we have been recognized as a global leader in many areas, but we are in distinct danger of squandering advantages we hold over other countries when it comes to our infrastructure system,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue writes this week in the pages of theDes Moines Register.
Secretary Perdue is right—and he wisely points out that President Donald J. Trump’s infrastructure plan would steer the Nation back toward prosperity, “particularly in rural America.”
Here is how:
- President Trump’s plan allocates $50 billion, a quarter of all Federal funds in the plan, to empower rural America to address the infrastructure needs of its communities.
- The plan will give states the flexibilityto address the unique needs of their rural residents without a flurry of bureaucratic commands from Washington.
- The Rural Infrastructure Programwill build upon efforts the Administration has already undertaken to expand broadband access in rural America.
“We have to make sure American farmers and their families, wherever they may be, wherever they may go, have the infrastructure projects that they need to compete and grow,” President Trump said.
the local company is bloosurf
ReplyDeletethey are still around
requires line of site to their equipment, so of your in trees it wont work. there are also a few other companies.
delmarva wifi,and eastern shore communications
this map sows some
https://www.towercoverage.com/En-US/Index/Northamericamap
I believe it was actually the Maryland Broadband Co-Operative not Bloosurf.
DeleteBloosurf are crooks. Can’t beleive they’re still in business. Basically just reselling Comcast internet service.
11:08 AM No, they are talking about the big taxpayer lie of = Maryland Broadband Cooperative
ReplyDeleteMaryland Broadband Cooperative is a not for profit (501c12) charged with offering, through our membership, expanded and world class network services around the state.
Our Mission is to drive economic development through universal, open access to broadband services via a fiber optic network that serves rural Maryland by building an advanced, world-class broadband network across the rural communities of Eastern, Southern, and Western Maryland supported by its Members who provide Last Mile service.
Just got a flyer for bloosurf in the mail yesterday. Went online to check them out and the reviews were horrible. Just one of the things you have to love with in the country
ReplyDeleteBloosurf got $3,000,000 in grant money to do its thing on Delmarva. Problem is, there aren't enough towers to accommodate the rural areas of the nearby counties.
ReplyDeletelook at the map i linked.
ReplyDeleteothers are doing it.
bloosurf need to update thier tech, and rent tower space.
They are talking about Maryland Broadband Cooperative which is a non profit who got taxpayer money and no one knows a thing about them other than they were supposed to bring broadband to rural maryland
ReplyDeleteOnce again Fruitland left out but not on very high taxes.
ReplyDeleteProblem with bloosurf is they don't service the "rural" areas. 90% of where it is available is already serviced by cable or verizon dsl. I even tried eith a 40 foot tower and couldn't receive a signal. My house is less than 2 miles from the transmitter, but no line of sight. It was a waste of money and does not service those it was supposed to. Only paid nice salaries to those that hot in on it.
ReplyDeleteSame situation here!
DeleteIf Maryland Broadband was supposed to bring better internet to this area, why haven't they done it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it is another shell company who takes government money and doesn't deliver?
Internet speeds suck around here. We have Comcast and they say they have the fastest speeds. But whey you go to other parts of the country, the speeds are much faster.
Do they use the Maryland Broadband connections???
Congress gave cable companies BILLIONS in taxpayer money to establish a countrywide broadband network. They took the money and ran. Now I'm sure we'll see some donations from telecom giants on our congressman's taxes..
ReplyDeletemaryland broadband provides the backbone
ReplyDeleteits up to other companies to provide the service
bloosurf got 3mill from the gov
they use maryland broadband and resell it
2:06 they take the money, set up an inferior network and pocket the rest. Call them with connectivity issues? They'll tell you they're "working out the bugs"
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