said by PDXPLT :

This is what I've called the Starbucks Deployment Model: with no national policy on where to site Starbucks stores, a portion of the population has access to Designer Coffee at every street corner, while a significant portion of the population has none.

This is fine for something as trivial as an overpriced beverage, but if you believe broadband is more important than that, it is disheartening to see what other countries have been able to do with more aggressive policies.

said by John Galt :

And where is the outrage regarding this Caffeine Divide??

said by kamm :

...and its chiefs should be held accountable older crooks like Powell included.

Expansion of broadband could lead to economic development, Rockefeller said.

"This has everything to do with creating more good jobs in West Virginia," he said. "Businesses are going to require that an area have broadband access."

Broadband, which allows more information to be transferred at higher speeds, is available to 85 percent of homes in the U.S., according to the Consumer Advocate Division of the state Public Service Commission. That falls to 75 percent in West Virginia.

Although the final 25 percent will be difficult, it is not impossible to expand broadband service there, Rockefeller said.

said by Zoder :

You act like that strategy is unique to broadband. States and counties try to attract companies all the time with things such as tax incentives with the hope that it will bring jobs to the area.