> such as in the rural US where there are large swathes of the country where there is no competition, poor service and high prices If rural individuals were wi

> such as in the rural US where there are large swathes of the country where there is no competition, poor service and high prices If rural individuals were willing to pay the cost for broadband access they would have it. They are not. So there is no market for competition at this time. The neoliberal argument does not assume that everyone should have equal access to the best services, but that a free market will provide what the market is willing to pay at a better efficiency than government.