Broadband in the boonies

When you live in a scenic area like rural New Mexico, it isn't always easy to acquire techy amenities such as high-speed Internet access. In a weeklong series called "Bringing broadband to the boonies," Crave writer Eric Mack chronicled his struggle "to drag just basic broadband from the digital First World to my more... digitally underdeveloped home."

Many readers identified with Eric's story. "This is exactly why I laugh when people say that streaming video will replace DVDs/Blu Rays in the near future," Ewsachse said. "This will never happen when a good portion of America does not have access to high-speed broadband."

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