The article's point, if taken with the appropriate grain of salt, is interesting. Driving through rural, economically depressed America is like taking a time m

The article's point, if taken with the appropriate grain of salt, is interesting. Driving through rural, economically depressed America is like taking a time machine to an earlier, less affluent time (before economic productivity increases led to increases in the standard of living). Note that even a few years ago, much of the country still used dial-up, yet most of us on HN have probably had fast internet for 12+ years. If my standard of living increased by 1.5x I'd consider the $200/month broadband option totally reasonable for home internet, yet today I settle for Comcast's mid level option.