I live in a rural area far from the nearest available fiber connection, so I connect through a satellite dish. At the moment that means 209Mbps down, 16Mbps up and a 21ms latency for $120/month. It would be nice to have a much faster fiber connection but it's not clear why it is important enough to justify a taxpayer subsidy. What essential services am I missing because of the slower connection? Given the exploding federal deficit this looks like a good place to make a cut.
I live in a rural area far from the nearest available fiber connection, so I connect through a satellite dish. At the moment that means 209Mbps down, 16Mbps up and a 21ms latency for $120/month. It would be nice to have a much faster fiber connection but it's not clear why it is important enough to justify a taxpayer subsidy. What essential services am I missing because of the slower connection? Given the exploding federal deficit this looks like a good place to make a cut.