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【思否英文外刊,探索,把宽带带到美国农村】Highway 148 marks where cormy Iowa's space into two towns,one with broadband Internet,and one without.
148号高速公路标志着爱荷华州下属区域变成了两个城镇 ,其中一个有宽带网络,
Business owner Anne Greenwald is without.
企业业主安妮.格林沃尔德没有宽带 。
We have been waiting for ayear now to have fiber brought to us.
我们等宽带已经等了一年 。
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Corny Iowa is an example of what businesses called the last mile problem.
科尼爱荷华州就是企业所谓的“最后一英里问题”的一个例子 。
They have a saying,the last mile is the most expensive mile,meaning the cost of running fiber to rural communities
他们有一个说法 ,最后一英里是最昂贵的一英里 , 意思是农村社区运行宽带的成本高 。
Another problem is that there are more than one telecom company providing Internet,which allow some telecom companies to refuse to serve an expensive area.
另一个问题是 ,提供互联网服务的电信公司不止一家、这使得一些电信公司可以拒绝为一个成本高昂的地区提供服务 。
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I mean they just say that we're not within their tertory,and they don't have to provide a service.
我的意思是 , 电信公司只是说我们不在他们负责的范围内 , 因此 , 不需要提供服务 。
So Anne is paying the $5,00 caused herself to string the fiber-optic cable.
所以 , 安妮自己支付000美元,安装自己的光纤电缆 。
Because our employees are experiencing,you know,20 to 25 percent a day in downtime due to the internet speed.They're not,you know,being able to efetcivele do their work as efficiently as possible.
因为 , 每天有20%到25%的时间 , 我们的员工因为网速慢而停工 。 他们无法尽可能高效完成工作 。
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To Anne,the simple solution is to make the internet a public srie,ike mai,electricity and water.
对安妮来说,简单的解决办法是让互联网像邮件、电利水一样成为一种公共服务 。
We made radio,we made tlevision,we made electricity.
我们制造了收音机、电视和电 。
I's just the next stepping stone to make ourselves mcsS more cultured,more diversified and have our reach be more worldwide.
这只是让我们变得更有文化 , 更多样化,更国际化 。
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Some experts say though it's tough to argue that the Internet is a necessity.
一些专家表示 ,尽管很难说互联网是必需品 。
If it's an ise of giving service,that's necessary for public safety,then there's a very strong social argument,our public argument.
如果是提供服务的问题 , 互联网对公共安全来说就必不可少 。 那么就存在一个非常有力的社会论点(我们的公共论点) 。
So hospitals,the police,homeland defense,perhaps other emergency services that are provided in the area. 分页标题
所以 , 医院、警察、国土防卫 , 也许还有其他在该地区提供的紧急服务 。
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It's a ltte tt more difficult to make an argument that,then you also need to subsidize internet service to an individual household.
提出这个论点有点困难 , 也需要为个别家庭补贴互联网服务 。
But in some areas,the government is stepping in 240 to be exact.
但在某些领域 , 政府正在介入 。 确切地说 , 240个领域 。
Cherie works from homeOsceola Iowa for a Minnesota based education company.
切丽在爱荷华州奥西奥拉的家中为明尼苏达州的的一家教育公司工作 。
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On Wednesdays,wve have a team meeting that our whole group will get together.
星期三 , 我们有一个小组会议,整个小组将聚在一起 。
Just a year ago,working like thiss was impossible.
就在一年前 ,像这样工作还是不可能的 。
Cheririe had to pay $600 a month to rent office space 45 minutes away from home to get broadband access.
切丽必须每月支付600美元,才能租到离家45分钟车程的办公空间 , 以接入宽带 。
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Fed up,she wrote to her Congress person,US Senator Chuck Grassley.
她受够了 , 于是写信给她的国会代表,美国参议员查克.格拉斯利 。
I told him about our dream of pursuing buying this farm property,building a new home out here,wanting to work from home,but was not able to because the internet provider at that point did not have high-speed.
我告诉他 , 我们的梦想是买下这片农田 , 在这里建一个新家 , 想在家里工作 , 但却做不到 , 因为当时的互联网服务提供商没有高速宽带 。
And he said wll, I have you know good news for you,he said this Connect America Funding was made availab to internet providers through all of Iowa.
他表示 , 我有个好消息要告诉你们 , 爱荷华州所有的互联网担供商句可使用“连接美国基金”(Connect America Funding) 。
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