| Living in a small city means entertaining yourself a | | | | world designed for high speed internet usage, |
| lot of the time. In a big city like Los Angeles or | | | | there are many websites, programs and |
| New York, there’s always something to do. In | | | | computer features which just can’t be run |
| fact, there are often three or four things to do | | | | with anything less than broadband speeds. Forget |
| that are lots of fun and easy to access that | | | | about instant downloads or streaming videos with |
| require little to no planning on your part. In a city | | | | dialup, those things didn’t happen in the past |
| like Salt Lake City, there is also lots to do, but | | | | when everyone had dialup, and they certainly |
| finding out about it and planning to get there can | | | | won’t happen for dialup users now. |
| be slightly more problematic. Then, there are | | | | Instead of suffering with dialup, Cedar City could |
| smaller cities like Cedar City Utah. With a variety | | | | take a nod from many other small cities with |
| of festivals held there throughout the year, there | | | | large outlying rural and remote areas and make |
| are often things to do but people miss out | | | | the switch to another kind of universally available, |
| because they just aren’t connected to the | | | | last mile internet provider, satellite internet |
| event. For example, the annual famous | | | | broadband. With the availability of dialup and the |
| Shakespeare festival held there is attended by | | | | convenience of a high speed connection, satellite |
| many, but many who live outside Cedar City miss | | | | internet is the best of both worlds. Users are able |
| out because they have no way to tap into the | | | | to download, upload and transfer files with ease, |
| vein of the event. If only there was one place | | | | whereas before it just wasn’t possible with |
| where all the information was organized for | | | | dialup. Many are enjoying their first MP3 player, or |
| interested parties that they could visit to get | | | | downloading movies for the first time, while |
| information and even instant updates at any time, | | | | others are using this great new service to work |
| life would be so much easier. Of course the | | | | from home while between jobs during these |
| majority of people will be thinking by now | | | | economically trying times. |
| “why don’t they go online?” While | | | | No matter why you want to be connected to the |
| that seems the obvious response to so many, | | | | world, the world would like to be connected to |
| try downloading a PDF program or receiving | | | | Cedar City. Instead of driving all the way to Salt |
| instant updates with dialup internet, and it might | | | | Lake to find out what the latest in entertainment |
| not seem quite so easy anymore. | | | | might be, stay at home and learn all about what |
| Today, Cedar City is just one of many US cities | | | | shows or festivals are on, what movies are |
| that have hit and miss high speed internet. In the | | | | showing and more. Or, save a few bucks and |
| absence of terrestrial broadband providers like | | | | have a movie night in, which is just as easy with |
| DSL and cable services people have no choice but | | | | satellite internet! |
| to go for a last mile, universally available kind of | | | | Fill up your social calendar with a little help from |
| internet like dialup so they at least have | | | | satellite internet. It’s easy to get broadband in |
| something to connect to. However, in a modern | | | | Utah with wild blue cedar city, ut. |