If you are seeking affordable high-speed Internet access, however, please read on for information about the service, including a list of the areas that Batesville Broadband will cover in the coming months. … (Editor’s Note: email address is cid **AT** thebatesvillestore –DOT — com) Here are some key features of Batesville Broadband: — In the coming months, we intend to cover these areas: Batesville, North Garden, Greenwood, Plank Road West, Craig’s Store Road, The Batesville Road, Miller School Road, Ivy, Route 151, Afton, Avon, Nellysford, Crozet, White Hall, Free Union, Covesville, and Lovingston. — We will take subscriptions as early as this Sunday and begin installing the service next week. — For a monthly fee of $59.95, two computers in a house will have access to the Internet through Batesville Broadband’s password-protected web portal. … More difficult installations might require the use of a narrow green pole that is bracketed to a tree and has a small antenna at the top. — Tests of the system show consistent, symmetrical upload and download speeds of 1.2 to 1.45 megabytes with latencies ranging from 12 ms to 50 ms. … Liza and I have lived in Batesville for twenty-four years and know from experience that as high-speed Internet access has become a virtual necessity of life, finding an affordable, reliable method for gaining that access in a rural community has remained virtually impossible.