I’m rural and don’t hate Trump. I had a land line (POTS) that was so bad I couldn’t even use dial-up internet. Even cellular coverage is unreliable out here. Exede satellite broadband was the answer for me and it covers the entire continental USA.
A local company put up a WiFi tower in my vicinity and my internet got a lot faster and cheaper. But I refuse to listen to a bunch of whiners when satellite broadband is available to them.
>>>Exede satellite broadband was the answer for me and it covers the entire continental USA... A local company put up a WiFi tower in my vicinity and my internet got a lot faster and cheaper. But I refuse to listen to a bunch of whiners when satellite broadband is available to them.<<<
I’m writing this using Exede from the center of Alaska, about 280 miles from the road, and listening to music on one of those Dish satellite channels. A private company, GCI, has been threatening to connect us with 4G and WiFi by actually building a tower, but it has never operated since it was built two years ago. Of course our Exede bill is very high compared to Lower 48 costs, just like everything else (except moose and salmon).
I also noticed the difference in attitude between the traditional “Let’s invent something that solves this problem” to a more passive “We need more money and help from the government bureaucrats.”
The attitude is reversed from the government side. I was thinking about the Cumberland Road, the Erie Canal, the Homestead Act, the Interstate Highway System, and how sometimes the state can create infrastructure for the purposes of economic growth and prosperity. But the gist of the article focuses on the amount of money and influence in urban area, and I sensed redistribution of wealth as a theme. Not the same as the building a dam.
The other thing that’s missing in the article is an understanding of what it’s like to live in rural America. It’s not all privation. But I know from the get-go that some things will be missing from my life (traffic, Starbucks), and some things will be much more expensive. Maybe you can do without, or make the uncomfortable choice to move, as I had to when I was broke and younger. Shoulder the burden while slowly building your life.
Yeah, I agree. A whining diatribe.