posted by gut
Not sure which infrastructure bill it is, but I saw where $65B is allocated to bring high speed internet access to the whole country.
You have to be kidding me. I don't know how many people have inadequate options, but I'm guessing that math works out to something more than $10k per household. IMO, that's one of the tradeoffs to people who mostly CHOSE to live out in the sticks.
If you can send email and texts, you're good. We don't need to spend $65B so people living out in BFE can watch Netflix. Which, when you think about it, it does seem more like a handout to the various streaming services out there.
What part of the state do you live in?
Because, I can tell you in SE Ohio, the internet options and cell phone options are horrible. I have also been in spots in WV, KY, TN, and NC, where people have lived there for years and have zero access to internet.
I have family members that live in their farm in NE KY that have zero options for internet. They do not chose to live there. It is their land going back to the 1800s. Why would they move?
I find the internet expansion no different than the past federal funding to grow power lines and telephone lines. Same thing. This is just the next logical step for people in areas that do not have access to it.
