The failure to deploy rural broadband has become synonymous with excessive bureaucracy, Asad Ramzanali and Benjamin Dinovelli write. The real story is more complicated:
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Well Biden was putting in cable on the Navajo Rez but that probably stopped. Keeping those people down because they are democrats...and have been turning Az blue.
I live in EU now & we, as well as most people have satellite internet service. We have a small antenna about the size of a dinner plate on the roof, it's about $20/mo...easy. Don't understand why the US doesn't have the same
Yeah I am sure, but for our house of 5, everyone has a device, we have cameras, Google smart home stuff etc, looking right now I have 15 devices online, streaming on 2 TV's simultaneously & no issues. I understand if you want to play the latest games but I would think access is most important
Oh yeah, I don't disagree. These government projects always take so long though that futureproofing is a big concern. Being online with 'broadband' at all is clearly more important than just quality.
Anecdotally though... I think I'm up to about 55 or 60 IPs for just my home network.
Its pretty simple
Reagan deregulated everything
We now have a strict capitalist economy
There aren’t enough people in rural areas to make wiring the red-lands for broadband profitable (ditto hospitals)
And the people living there vote against the socialism that would help
Not quaint but millions of square miles out west which rich guys never cared about because they couldn't make money on it. They don't even have utilities or usable wintertime roads yet.
This opinion blames democrats for red tape and then explains how delays have occurred due to fraudsters expanding broadband to empty fields and luxury resorts already with access. So which is better…slow oversight or deregulation which pays for a product never delivered?
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Anecdotally though... I think I'm up to about 55 or 60 IPs for just my home network.
Reagan deregulated everything
We now have a strict capitalist economy
There aren’t enough people in rural areas to make wiring the red-lands for broadband profitable (ditto hospitals)
And the people living there vote against the socialism that would help
Quaint old place America.