As it happens in Spain, in many other countries we find some white areas devoid of internet connections decent or outright non-existent. Movistar is the telephone company most aware of the matter, for this reason it has deployed several phases of its Rural ADSL with the intention that all users can have internet at home. However, in the United States of America the digital divide has become quite a stark subject.
In this case the Redmond company has decided to take action on the matter, this is how Microsoft wants to take advantage of the TV signal line without content to bring them the internet. It could certainly be an important step to bring the internet to those areas where they are completely "disconnected".
The company is going to begin trials in some rural areas of Arizona or Kansas, where millions of people are without internet service in a place as "first world" as the United States of America. This type of connection is not new, it is known as Wireless Regional Area Network. The television lines that are not being used could be used as a kind of WiFi connection, spanning spectacularly long distances and capable of crossing any type of obstacle that is found along the way. This is how they have expressed it since The New York Times.
This technology called WRAN is still underdeveloped and the cost of the necessary hardware elements is quite high, It is estimated that around $ 1.000 would be what any user would have to payBut on second thought, making such an investment in order to enjoy a decent internet connection can be quite attractive. In addition, it is certain that the telemarketers will end up offering financing systems or subsidies. We hope that the development of this initiative will become popular and that the internet in rural areas will become more common and of higher quality.