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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep.

And allowing it to concentrate in areas centralizes wealth in those areas.

If you live in an area where your only internet option is satellite, your net worth is probably low, or you're retired.

Doesn't need to be this way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I know a lot of people that have been in that situation that are younger and certainly not poor. Fiber is slowly creeping out there.