Friday, April 12, 2013

Point/Counterpoint on Broadband Internet Speeds

Wisconsin ranks 22nd in broadband Internet speeds. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/11/2013)


Almost 100.

I wonder if access has improved for Stoughton resident Marsha Borling.  (Stoughton!  Dane County!)

Fast Internet service spotty in rural areas. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/26/2011)

Excerpt: Fast, reliable access was as common as telephone service where she previously lived in the Chicago suburbs, according to Borling, a health care consultant who works from home. 

"This is like being in the Bermuda Triangle," she said about not having cable or wired broadband service in her neighborhood along the Yahara River. 

Borling and her neighbors use wireless devices for Internet access. But she says the wireless signal is unreliable and much slower than cable or wired service. 

"My husband and I have a cabin in northern Wisconsin that's literally in the middle of nowhere, and it has a much faster connection," Borling said.

Related post:  
Bill Esbeck, the Town of Dunn is on line 1.

The Town of Dunn is also located in Dane County.

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