 io chicoPremium
join:2003-12-30
Magalia, CA
 ·DigitalPath
| Smug I've read all these comments and it seems that many people need to get off their smug butts and go visit someone who is actually using dialup. I help out a friend who lives rurally and can't afford satellite. She uses her only phone line for internet. On dialup, I can't even use tab browsing on Firefox. And every time I click on a link, it takes 1 to 1 1/2 MINUTES to open the page. No lie. Try using that yourself.
I live rurally. I put up with satellite for 6 very long years. $59.99 monthly for a 200Mbps daily cap at 500-700/70 kbps. The setup fees were about $250 for the modem and $125 for the install. Many people can't afford that.
We live in a civilized nation. At least twice in the past our gov't has ponied up to roll out a national utility service. In the 1890's we had the RFD, Rural Free Delivery. Getting mail to all US citizens no matter where you lived. The act was controversial because of the extreme expense involved. And in 1935, we had REA, Rural Electric Administration. The same naysayers involved in that era. I suspect the gov't helped out Ma Bell too.
Broadband is a utility. Stop arguing about "Why" and come up with answers. Even 1 Mbps would bring our Nation into the 20th century, let alone the 21st...
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