A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet access

Re:A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet ac... by dpau on Saturday December 28, 2019 @09:07AM (#21898959)

China disproves your theory. Over 90% have access to broadband fiber at affordable rates. Sure it's heavily censored and a tool for state propaganda. But the US looks like a third world country in comparison. I agree with the original post, we as Americans should do better.

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Re:A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet ac... by huffmsa on Saturday December 28, 2019 @09:49AM (#21899154)

Cheap in terms of dollars.

But add in the totalitarianism, censorship, 60m+ dead in the last 50 years, and I don't think you'll find the price to be particularly cheap.

I'll take my slower but steadier progress.

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Re:A quarter of Alabamians live in homes without internet ac... by dpau on Saturday December 28, 2019 @10:01AM (#21899205)

You're conflating issues. The question was whether or not government investment in internet infrastructure was possible or sustainable. China proves that it is, even over a huge country with a huge rural population. And they did it within the past decade! The US could do the same, presumably without killing millions of people. And I do mean cheap in terms of local standard of living. 1 year of high speed broadband fiber costs less than $100USD.

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