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The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.
Groups asking for the government to pump taxpayer funds in rural broadband claim subsidies will help the economy. In reality, deploying broadband has a marginal cost, and markets are better than governments in allocating scarce resources efficiently.
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1 year ago
And 80% doesn't strike me as a particularly great number for penetration -- are we really ready to leave 1 in 5 citizens out of the broadband revolution that's now, what, a decade old? When you consider that those first four quintiles were doubtless from denser areas, allowing for investments to pay off in large numbers of connected customers, it's clear that we still have a lot of work ahead of us.
1 year ago
1 year ago
Yet I must ask, why do you live in an "electronic black hole" if you care about high speed internet? The vast majority of people aren't in the same boat as you. Obviously that's not comforting given your situation, but you could to any of the places where 79% of Americans live and have at least some residential broadband availability. Presumably, in deciding where to live, you considered a variety of factors, including broadband availability. (I know it can be tough to figure out for sure whether you can get DSL without actually scheduling an install. It grinds my gears.)
Maybe evolving wireless technologies will be able to give you a signal someday. As more spectrum is auctioned off, frequencies with better propagation characteristics might be utilized for broadband internet. And satellite should be an option as well; I don't think your numbers are right about the cost. WildBlue is just $249 startup and $50 to $90 a month depending on speed. Not cheap, but 512kpbs for $850 in the first year isn't that bad for a rural area.
6 months ago
5 months ago
5 months ago
Just speaking from my own experience, I think the author is disconnected from reality.