I don't live IN Ashville. I live a few miles east of town, out 752, by Walnut Crk. Pk. We've been here 3-4 years, and STILL no broadband of any kind. It really is quite ridiculous. BTW, it's Insight's cable service.
It amazes me how dumb they are. Our cable was out for about a week straight, including X-mas eve. and X-mas day. They swore up and down they had no clue as to why it was not working. They (supposedly) sent a guy out while nobody was at home, and claimed they fixed it. We get home, and it still didn't work. So, after going out to follow the line, we found the pole that it ran to. We looked up and what do we CLEARLY see unplugged? The cable line. So, they sent out a second tech to try and fix it. He still couldn't figure it out, so I finally went out and showed him that it was physically unplugged. He looked at me and said, "You know what? You might be right. I bet that's why it's not working...." Gee, ya think?!?!?!?!?
I have definitely not been impressed with Insight.
I have heard that our power company (South Central Power) is offering satellite broadband. I also heard that they are overloaded right now, and are not taking any new customers currently, which sucks.
I just can't win with this whole broadband thing.