[8757] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Rurual Internet Access (was Re: One-way Internet?...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rose Marie Holt)
Fri Dec 3 11:19:58 1993
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1993 08:16:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Rose Marie Holt <rmholt@u.washington.edu>
To: INFOnet Administrator <KEVIN@ins.infonet.net>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, KEVIN@ins.infonet.net
In-Reply-To: <931202132957.14acd@INS.INFONET.NET>
On Thu, 2 Dec 1993, INFOnet Administrator wrote:
> >As a physician (radiologist) I can personally attest to the
> >attractiveness of net access in a rural area. Im moving to a rural area
>
> I'm new to the list, and jumping into the conversation
> rather blindly I suppose, but with the talk of telcos
> and rural access, I thought I might share what we are
> seeing in Iowa.
>
> Internet access; netIOWA is using it's fiber network to carry
> data, and offer links to the Internet to Iowa businesses,
> schools, hospitals, libraries and such through the rural
> telcos and otherwise. We're also offering 800 dialup Internet
> access so people without the resources to go the dedicated
> route can gain access.
>
> An interesting factor influencing this is Iowa's state
> government has also built a state-wide fiber network to
> carry video/voice/data for schools, hospitals, and government
> agencies. This is tax money in direct competition with the
> private sector and rural telcos, and the sentiments of a
I can see how Idahoans would scream bloody murder at such an effort (wah)
being so-called libertarians - they dont even know what an HMO is, for
instance, except that its something bad. Hopefully the private industry
will get on the stick and make an investment in this stuff.
Thanks for the info
RM Holt
