This will of course be free or subsidized for the “Obama Core Constituency” along with the welfare cheese wheel that will consist of free computers and portable devices. The rest of us will pay a small (meaning large) fee (meaning hidden tax) on our monthly bills to ensure “equal” access to all.
You already do. It’s called the Universal Service Fund (USF).
I am middle-to-last-mile when it comes to internet. I’m just 30 miles west of Ann Arbor, MI, but the ONLY broadband I can get is through Verizon Wireless. I’ve got a rare Alltel grandfathered contract which means I don’t have a 5 Gig monthly cap, and pay $60 a month for 65KB down. The tower is maxed-out, mostly thanks to the ‘Droid and other byte-eating smartphones, and VZW has yet to do the antenna swap-out that should help.
Don’t even bring up satellite internet. It is *NOT* broadband.
I’m willing to pay more because I’m rural...I am NOT willing to pay for some pimpmama in Detroit with seven little spawners to have free internet access because some civil rights screamer is saying she has a *right* to it.