Even if it was only 1 meg to rural areas that would be a million times better than the dialup we have available. Where I live in Michigan Charter Communications, ATT/SBC will not expand their high speed networks because they won't break even fast enough if everyone on those paths signed up for service. This is disappointing since in order to have high speed you basically have to live inside city limits. Why can't the big ones, Charter, Comcast, SBC/ATT be forced to expand their networks???? It really makes home shopping difficult when your life/job depends on having high speed at home. *sigh.