Although Michigan has 27 Internet Backbone POPs, those POPs are located in only 6 urban areas - Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Muskegon. Internet consumers and businesses outside those urban areas can face higher costs, Internet delays, and long waits before high speed Internet access becomes available locally at affordable prices. ISPs, in turn route that Internet traffic to an Internet Backbone POP over leased lines.
Internet access is unlikely.
If there are no nearby backbone POPs, those regions face a daunting cost penalty, because they will have to arrange for costly private connections. Verizon Privacy Policy Legal Disclaimer. Copyright 1996-2001 Verizon Communications. All Rights Reserved.