I agree that we need to do more to bring rural areas into the 21st century. One of my uncles ranches in the northwest corner of Nebraska. That part of Nebraska is among the most sparsely populated counties in the state.
Fortunately, his ranch isn't too far from the nearest small town, so he can get internet via wireless. It's a pretty lousy signal, though, and he doesn't use it for anything that he doesn't have to.
TV is far more of an issue: the local Nebraska stations don't provide coverage for that area (no signal). He has to get his weather news from Wyoming via satellite dish--and if the weather is bad (the time when you most would want to know what to expect), he gets no signal at all. Radio signals also aren't great out there when you can get them at all.
Cell phone coverage is also interesting. We totally lose the signal from our cell phone carrier driving into the panhandle. There's a cell phone carrier that operates out that way, but apparently they don't contract to carry signals on their towers for our carrier.
Chadron State Park doesn't get any internet or cell phone service at all. It's smallish for a state park and it's fairly close to Chadron and Scottsbluff, so I really don't understand why they can't manage it. You have to leave the park and drive most of the way into town to get a signal.
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I agree that we need to do more to bring rural areas into the 21st century. One of my uncles ranches in the northwest corner of Nebraska. That part of Nebraska is among the most sparsely populated counties in the state.
Fortunately, his ranch isn't too far from the nearest small town, so he can get internet via wireless. It's a pretty lousy signal, though, and he doesn't use it for anything that he doesn't have to.
TV is far more of an issue: the local Nebraska stations don't provide coverage for that area (no signal). He has to get his weather news from Wyoming via satellite dish--and if the weather is bad (the time when you most would want to know what to expect), he gets no signal at all. Radio signals also aren't great out there when you can get them at all.
Cell phone coverage is also interesting. We totally lose the signal from our cell phone carrier driving into the panhandle. There's a cell phone carrier that operates out that way, but apparently they don't contract to carry signals on their towers for our carrier.
Chadron State Park doesn't get any internet or cell phone service at all. It's smallish for a state park and it's fairly close to Chadron and Scottsbluff, so I really don't understand why they can't manage it. You have to leave the park and drive most of the way into town to get a signal.