I am against Prop # 8. I have to pay for high-speed internet access. I do not want my money to subsidize some “poor, uneducated minority individual” who simply does not want to work so that he/she/it can get free internet access.
I think the objective is to make high speed internet more available in rural areas. In some of those areas, satellite internet is just about the only option.
The electrical cooperative in this rural area provides high-speed internet access at a price that is the same or less than most of the large providers like AT&T. I have my laptop and desktop on it-use them for both personal and business. I also dumped DirecTV SAT service and got Sling-more choice of channels, cafeteria style for 1/2 the price. I have all that on the co-op internet and it works just fine...
Many/most rural areas are serviced by an electrical co-op-if the one here provides high-speed internet, can’t the others do that, too? If you can pay for electricity, then you can pay for high-speed internet-so I agree there should be no handouts-you get it, you pay for it like everyone who works...