Re:Let the free market handle this (Score 0)

I didn't ask for a subsidy, I asked for the opportunity to purchase services the same as you. Every American cannot just pack up and move to town for broadband. In my particular case, that would mean shutting down a four generation family farm. So I tell you what, if you insist, all us farmers will just move into town. Now that doesn't bode very well for you being able to get something to eat... I'm having a hard time understanding the attitude that providing essential services infrastructure is a bad choice of tax dollar use however. I am a tax payer also. I have no problem with the government actually using my money to give me something useful instead of the current strategy, which is giving subsidies and tax breaks to companies, or buying $150 dollar hammers... There seems to be a prevailing attitute that broadband is nothing more than porn access and the like. It actually is a great deal more than that. It's access to real time information and education. It gives people a voice, a way to distribute their own views, and content. It gives people a way to participate in the global economy. Providing coast to coast broadband really shouldn't require any subsidy. People are more that willing to pay for the services. Areas with lower population bases may mean lower profits, but I am quite certian it can be done at profit. We currently have coast to coast telephone service, coast to coast electricity service, etc. All of these companies are in fact, making a profit. By your arguement, we will have a few crowded cities, and the rest of the country will turn into a wasteland. Actually, that's already happening isn't it?