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Chainfire

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4. I am sure that the same kind of arguments were made about rural electrification, nearly 100

Reply to thatdemguy (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 27, 2023, 02:50 PM

Jun 2023

years ago. Lack of high-speed internet ensures that rural counties will remain poor and somewhat backwards. My daughter would love to bring her high paying job back to our county, (her agency allows work from home) but can not because of the lack of broadband. Satellite is not an answer because it is sketchy during rainstorms; I have to assume that Starlink would also suffer. I am limited to DSL and it fails in rainstorms as well. It rained almost every day in June....

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"Broadband is vital for the success of our rural communities and for our entire economy." [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 OP

Have I said how much I hate these hypocrites? UpInArms Jun 2023 #1

Toomey? Toomey went out with the garbage in 2021 bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #2

Modern internet is needed lots of places it is not. thatdemguy Jun 2023 #3

I am sure that the same kind of arguments were made about rural electrification, nearly 100 Chainfire Jun 2023 #4