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> We have been very poorly served by Congress, state, and local government I live in a semi-rural area. I chose to live there. Why should everyone else pay to

by ams6110 10y ago

> We have been very poorly served by Congress, state, and local government I live in a semi-rural area. I chose to live there. Why should everyone else pay to give me top-tier internet access? If high-speed internet access is important to me, I need to move to a neighborhood that has that amenity

alasdair_ 10y ago
>I live in a semi-rural area. I chose to live there. Why should everyone else pay to give me top-tier internet access? One could as why everyone else should have to pay to give you postal service at the same price as someone in, say, NYC when the cost of provision is much higher. The reason the person above you mentioned government is that it's likely that government owns the streets that any net access would run through as well as having countless other regulations that would need to be followed.