Many rural communities are several miles from a telephone exchange - too far for high-speed broadband to work - while satellite connection for high-speed access is very expensive and carries the risk of added technical problems.
But the 3.7 million customers of the firm's high-speed access business will undoubtedly continue to receive service.
Many have fiber running within their city for high-speed access for government, schools, libraries, and other public venues.
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Its technology has been designed to give people high speed access to the net over relatively long distances.
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Wendel, dubbed Cisco Bob by his new colleagues, has helped 2, 000 public housing units in Oregon get high-speed access.
These will be able to provide high-speed access to networks, allowing images like video to be viewed on handsets.
Net neutrality is seen as central to the government's broadband plan to provide high speed access to every citizen by 2020.
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All the ISPs are struggling to migrate subscribers to high-speed access, which will likely put a crimp on growth in the short term.
Rather than subsidising village broadband, funds should be used to provide high-speed access at a district level, says Juan Navas-Sabater of the World Bank.
Today, with the new data plan pricing, Audi and T-Mobile enable even more Audi drivers and their passengers to access high-speed data services on the go.
Compaq also announced its new Triple Play broadband Internet access program, which offers customers a choice of three high-speed Net access options: cable modem, DSL, and satellite.
From downloading files to streaming video or surfing the latest social networking sites, T-Mobile's faster network provides a richer-than-ever mobile data experience, with anytime high-speed access to the data and information customers need and desire.
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All users within a couple of hundred feet of the base station who have an inexpensive Wi-Fi device in their PCs or PDAs can then share low-cost, high-speed access to the Internet--without having to pay individually for more expensive dedicated DSL or cable modem service.
He also saw the need to modernise our infrastructure in order to catch up with the rest of Europe - everything from high-speed train networks and motorways to nuclear power plants and high-speed internet access.
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Meantime, local phone companies are starting to sell high-speed Internet access through digital subscriber lines.
Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail.
The first 3G mobile services were introduced in 2012, allowing high-speed internet access through mobile phones.
Brand X Internet later this month, it may radically change how businesses sell high-speed Internet access.
But for thousands of rural dwellers and businesses, access to high speed broadband services remains limited.
Conservative David Melding supported the assembly government's plans to ensure businesses have access to high-speed broadband provision.
Indeed, counting mobile broadband, more Americans already have access to high-speed Internet services than have complete plumbing.
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One sign that the gorgeous eight-storey, sugar-white hotel has kept up with the times: free high-speed Internet access in all rooms.
By comparison the high-speed internet access BT is starting to roll out only runs at 512 kilobits per second.
There's a bright future in secure, always-on Internet access, high speed or not.
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They convinced the regional telephone company to provide high-speed Internet access, a necessity for many of these new businesses.
After SGI, Hartz co-founded Connect Group, providing hotel guests with high-speed Internet access, that LodgeNet (LNET) acquired in 1998.
Satellite providers on their own can't offer high-speed Web access or voice services.
Communities that are keen to obtain fibre-based broadband are being asked to publicly declare their desire for high-speed net access.
In other words, Comcast can only offer a full diversity of programming if it offers its users high-speed Internet access.
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