| <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: | | | | connecting to high speed internet. While much of the |
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| What do New York State and Kentucky have in | | | | necessary technological and communications tool, |
| common? Drawing a blank? Don't feel bad, most | | | | many areas are still depending on dial-up. When there |
| people have a hard time find a way to relate the | | | | are gaps in the terrestrial broadband coverage map, |
| rural state of Kentucky with the bustling metropolis | | | | and DSL and/or cable broadband internet service just |
| of New York City. However, there is much more to | | | | isn't available, internet subscribers are left with little |
| New York State than just Manhattan's bright lights. | | | | choice. That is, until the advent of satellite internet |
| The vast majority of the state is actually very rural, | | | | broadband. |
| spotted with several small to medium-sized cities like | | | | Today, thanks to satellite service, it's easier to get |
| Syracuse and Rochester. Knowing that, it is far easier | | | | connected to the internet no matter where you live |
| to see what the two states have in common. When | | | | in New York or Kentucky. Having a rural street |
| eliminating New York City from the equation, both | | | | address no longer means only having access to |
| states have economies largely based on agriculture | | | | ancient technologies. Instead, keep up with the pace |
| and manufacturing industry. This means that the | | | | of the rest of the world with satellite broadband. |
| majority of residents, again outside the city, are living | | | | Whether you wish you could download songs, |
| in rural and remote areas. | | | | movies, and more, or you just want to be able to |
| While it may be hard to imagine a New York covered | | | | communicate with friends and loved ones on the |
| in cows and cornfields, that's exactly what you would | | | | other side of the country or world by video |
| see if you head to the western end of the state. | | | | conferencing, it's easier than ever to do so, even if |
| Heading to the north you'd find the Adirondack | | | | you can't get DSL or cable coverage. |
| Mountains, sparsely sprinkled with tourist communities | | | | If you have a business, are getting an education, or |
| and not much more. Once outside of a major urban | | | | just looking to communicate more efficiently, satellite |
| center, New York is much like Kentucky in that | | | | internet is the way to go. Stop living in the past, and |
| certain types of infrastructure have just been | | | | get with the times with broadband internet! |
| traditionally too difficult to extend to the entire state. | | | | Technology has reached a place that your zip code |
| Many residents in both states rely on satellite | | | | should not make a difference in the services you are |
| television, for example, since cable television took 10 | | | | afforded. In a world that learns and does business |
| years to arrive, or still hasn't arrived at all. Today, a | | | | online, it's a disservice to be disconnected. |
| similar solution is being found to the issue of | | | | |