Thursday, May 5, 2011

Is Columbia a "High-Speed" Town?

With all the young people in town, one would assume that Columbia is a great place for technology.  We have so many great opportunities with the University and it's extensions.  Even Google contemplated bringing their new breakthrough high-speed services to Columbia (we were marked off the list about a month ago, though).  It has taken a while, but we are starting to come up to speed with the rest of the country.  In large cities, they have city-wide wireless internet at cable speed. That's not available here...yet.  Check out this link for a map of all the places in Columbia that offer free wireless Internet access: Wireless access map.  What a great resource if you need that wireless capability!

Wondering if you have the ability for high-speed internet in your home or in a home you are interested in purchasing?  If the phone lines are serviced by CenturyLink, which is the case for a lot of the homes in the central Missouri area, you can check out this link which lets you select the address and find out if there is high-speed internet available: Centurylink High-speed check.  The access to high-speed internet, even in rural areas in growing stronger everyday.  If it's not available, there are other options. Satellite high-speed, or Internet through your mobile service provider could be options. 

JK

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