We've been through this before and it really didn't pan out. [1] The idea of connecting rural communities with broadband sounds logical and a no-brainer, but it

We've been through this before and it really didn't pan out. [1] The idea of connecting rural communities with broadband sounds logical and a no-brainer, but it's a lot harder than it sounds because it's very local, and cost overruns and price inflation really hampered it.[2] To truly bring broadband to rural and poor areas, in my humble opinion, we need to free up local municipalities and states to start their own broadband companies where none currently exist - and we need an absolute hard minimum on speed to at least 5 MBPS. 1. www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/01/obama.broadband.connection/index.html 2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickschulz/2011/07/05/how-effective-was-the-2009-stimulus-program/#67d8d83d5cca https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickschulz/2011/07/05/how-effec...