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Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan... by spamizbad on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:18PM (#26349245)
I dunno there's a handful of millennial politicians in congress and they're hit-or-miss.

I would focus less on the age of the Senators and more on the fact that your median voter is 50 years old. And your median primary voter is 58 years old. They also consume significantly more television (and less Internet) than people under 40 (Millennials and Gen-Z).

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Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan... by totalZero on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:35PM (#26349450)
There's only one senator under 40 and he's pretty supportive of an open internet.

AOC seems like she understands the massive reach and power of the internet...she chided Dems for under-spending on online ads and went after Zuckerberg for not deleting false content. She's not even a technologist and she "gets" technology more than many who have much more experience. Don't get me wrong, I'm not particularly in awe of her or anyone else in Congress...just clarifying that it does indeed seem that the young ones understand technology's impact on society far better than the old ones.

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Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan... by beauzero on Friday March 05, 2021 @07:59AM (#26356342)
Most people under 65 in our rural area are dropping ATT u-verse ($200+ per month) and keeping only DSL + Roku + a few select channels because of cost. Cable television is too expensive.
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