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The core problem here is that the people who matter don't want it (rural areas) and the people that want it (urban areas) don't matter (politically). "How do w

• PaulHoule 3y ago
  People in urban areas have cable. They bitch about what it costs but they are paying maybe $90 a month for 20x the performance I’ve got. Yeah they bitch that the rent is too damn high also. When Uber quits giving them half price taxi rides they’ll claim transportation costs too much too. In my town of 2000 people broadband is one of the hottest issues after zoning. The leader of the local Republican party is a coworker of mine from a long time ago, personally he will give me the usual reasons why we shouldn’t spend public money on anything but in public they will not say a word against broadband because they know they will get tarred and feathered if they do. (Actually Trump is so toxic in my town that the Republicans ran an alternative slate in the Democratic primary to try to derail the process of getting a zoning ordinance in our town.) I did meet an old man at the gas station in my town who lives on our local “Tobacco Road” who is indifferent to broadband, doesn’t own a computer, smartphone, tablet, any of that, can barely get a few TV stations, mostly listens to the radio. He’s an outlier.
  • sixothree 3y ago
    With attitudes like this I’m okay not subsidizing rural areas.
    • DangitBobby 3y ago
      What attitude?
  • TheCoelacanth 3y ago
    Even the fastest cable internet is shit. This is 2023. At least in urban areas, we should have fiber to every house.