| Yes, there is Rural Internet Service available in rural | | | | to satellite miles up in the sky. This connection will |
| and remote areas; it just may not be as fast as | | | | send data up those miles, then back down and then |
| internet services in other parts of the country and | | | | back up again. It often has issues of latency which is |
| world. | | | | really a delay of sending and receiving data. This |
| There are also some internet applications that are | | | | would be especially true at peak hours such as when |
| evolving such as EDVO, which is Evolution Data | | | | people get home from work and start up their |
| Optimized or Evolution Data Only. This is internet | | | | computers. This type of service has some up front |
| service through a mobile broadband router. It is used | | | | costs associated with it for equipment and set up |
| in many places but it also can be used in remote or | | | | and installation. It is also known to limit how much |
| rural areas unless there is no broadband service | | | | broadband you can use for data download. This may |
| available. Then the router will attempt to connect to | | | | be more limited during peak hours. |
| another application which, if it is able to connect, will | | | | Another option for rural or remote internet users is |
| be as slow as or slower than dial up. And this service | | | | still the dial up connection which is widely available in |
| may not be available either. There are efforts to | | | | rural or remote areas. This allows farmers or ranchers |
| improve this service through LTE, which is Long | | | | to access the internet. Basically, a dial up connection |
| Term Evolution and through 3G or 4G which are | | | | uses the telephone line to connect to the Internet. |
| basically advanced generation systems. | | | | The computer uses the computer modem to |
| Another evolving process for remote or Rural | | | | connect the home phone line to it. A call is made to |
| Internet Service is called WiMax. WiMax is the | | | | the ISP which accesses the internet. This was the |
| acronym for Worldwide Interoperability for | | | | first method that most homeowners in the United |
| Microwave Access. It is based on broadband | | | | States accessed the internet. This way is cheaper to |
| technology to provide the coverage and quality of a | | | | use but it is slow as it has to wait for telephone |
| cell phone network. It is in existence but it is not | | | | connections and if too many people are trying to |
| readily available to the general public in all locations. It | | | | access the internet it is really slow. |
| may be the way to provide a high speed Rural | | | | Some small cities and towns or community |
| Internet Service to areas where it is not economically | | | | organizations in rural areas are installing Wi-Fi |
| viable for other internet options. | | | | networks that the public can use. Rural or remote |
| Another option for rural or remote areas is the | | | | internet access is still an opportunity to be developed |
| satellite internet service. This basically is a connection | | | | in an economically feasible manner. |