> still skeptical as to the degree to which it will address fundamental problems with the tech economy here though. Fast, reliable Internet is going to be the

> still skeptical as to the degree to which it will address fundamental problems with the tech economy here though. Fast, reliable Internet is going to be the beating heart of any modern tech economy. Fix all the other problems you mentioned (tax, education, risk aversion etc) and it will all be for naught if companies and freelancers are stuck on a 10mbps connection that drops out when it rains, because they won't be able to have meaningful and reliable collaboration with anyone outside their own physical location. You can't have a flourishing tech scene with that limitation. It's not just 'improved quality of life' for techies, it's about being able to conduct business or not in reliable and productive manner.