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The $53,000 Connection: The High Cost of High-Speed Internet for Everyone (www.wsj.com)
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The $53,000 Connection: The High Cost of High-Speed Internet for Everyone::Officials doling out billions of dollars for broadband in rural America are struggling to decide when a new hookup costs too much

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[–] yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This just feels like a repeat of Rural Electrification: yeah it's expensive and not immediately profitable, but we're at the point where it's necessary to be a part of modern society.

[–] Steve 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And just like then. The feds should require every home to have a fiber line installed. Don't even give them money to do it. Just tell them they need to get it done themselves, or the government will do it without them.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago

Don't even give them [more ]money[, again,] to do it.

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