| Real rural I'm in Tennessee here, and I know of plenty of houses around here, by farmland usually, that don't even get cable tv service. No DSL, No Cable TV, No Cable internet. Dialup, cellphone (no 3G), and satellite are the only choices for internet access, and I think these are the people that are being left out, not people like me who are stuck with 10/1 mbit internet.
I personally can't think of an immediate use for 1Gbit internet at my home. An HD stream uses 10-20mbit, and that's good enough for me. I'm not certain what the future holds as far as data needs, and of course we all want faster internet, but I think government should only get involved to keep those very rural internet users from falling into an internet poverty or to prevent price gouging in areas with internet monopolies. |
