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I wonder how much the lack of high-speed Internet plays into the stagnant economic prosperity of rural America.
by transfire 7y ago
I wonder how much the lack of high-speed Internet plays into the stagnant economic prosperity of rural America.
- inimino 7y agoProbably not much. It doesn't help, but by the time $60/mo is a lot to pay (for Comcast trash internet no less) you're already hurting.
- AdrianB1 7y agoNot a lot. High-speed Internet is good to have, but it does not make your farm better, productivity higher and product prices higher. You don't "digitally enhance" your manufacturing plant with faster Internet unless the speed of Internet is keeping you from achieving better productivity - most of the time, not the case, plants have all local systems and they use SCADA, not fancy screens or kubernetes.
- PorterDuff 7y agoPerhaps the general hope is that we can replace all wealth due to manufacturing, resource extraction, food production, with that produced via internet advertising.
- AdrianB1 7y agoI haven't seen yet anyone eating internet advertising, living in it, heating with it, driving it etc.