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Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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And pull themselves up by their bootstraps as usual?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I pay $100 a month in a rural area for 12down/500kup by bridging two DSL connections, the only thing I can get in the woods. I can't watch Hulu and browse the Internet at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

just so i get that right, you pay 100$/month for 12mbit/s down?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Correct. Insanity, right? Welcome to rural America.