AT&T May Not Be Able To Purchase T-Mobile

If you haven't heard already AT&T is catching a lot of slack over trying to purchase the US Version of T-Mobile.  Originally it was just the US Government trying to block the merger,  However, now it appears that Sprint is jumping in on the matter by suing AT&T to try to prevent the merger.

I wanted to take this opportunity to get the opinions of people that are living in rural areas.  What do you think of this merger?  Do you think it will help the spread of faster high speed internet connections?  Obviously this is AT&T's argument.  They are saying that it would take years to build the infrastructure needed to get make their new 4G service a common utility across the country, whereas a merger with T-Mobile would allow them to achieve these results much quicker.

My opinion, is that rural areas could drastically benefit from this type of merger.  In reality 3G is just barely fast enough to get any real work done.  My experience has been that 3G service is about the equivalent of a 1mb DSL line.  Though, 3G, has only been widely available in many rural areas in the last year.  In fact, many rural areas, still cannot get 3G service.  I believe that 4G service will be the first wireless internet to actually provide connectivity at fast enough speeds to be able to use the full advantage of the web.

What do you think?  Are you for or against the merger?

Getting Internet In A Rural Area Can Be Difficult

Do you live in a rural area and have limited access to high speed internet service?  If so then you are in the right place, as the intent of this blog is to give readers an educational resource to know what type of internet is available to them.

Although there are some wonderful advantages to living in rural areas, it also comes with some disadvantages, mainly of which have to do with getting a good high speed internet connection.  Below is a list of the different types of internet connection as well as the likely hood of them being available to rural areas.

• Fiber-Optics: Very unlikely to be available, as this is primarily only available in Urban Areas.

• Cable-Internet: Somewhat Unlikely to be available in a rural area, due to the expense of creating a network in such densely populated areas.

• DSL: Somewhat Likely to be available, however it is very often not available.  Often what is available to rural areas only offers minimal speeds.

• Satellite Internet: Very Likely to 100% certain to be available anywhere in the continental US.  Satellite technology is continuing to advance and is likely to continue to show promising options to rural households.