David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > > > Do you consider Burnsville and Eagan the boonies? It's not a problem of > > only civilized areas getting DSL (or any broadband). It's a problem > > that there isn't any incentive for the telcom companies to roll out > > faster. > > Yes, those are definitely the boonies. > > Burnsville, for example, is something like half an hour south of me, > and I'm south of downtown; it's a *long* way out. Damn, I'd hate to hear what you think of those of us who live in Forest Lake, Ham Lake (well okay, that's that boonies to me) and such on the northeast part of town. Hell, Woodbury is a "boonie burb" and they have both DSL and Broadband. As does Inver Grove Heights and such....