07-18-2015, 03:16 AM
Broadband access is a tool, I wouldn't put anymore importance on it then that.
High-speed internet has many uses besides "working from home" ... all of which include avoiding extra trips to town. As the population continues to expand, hanging fiber on the existing poles will be cheaper than sitting in traffic, widening the highway, or tomorrow's gas prices.
Which is more "country", everyone sitting in separate cars on their way to the only retail/commercial "town center", or a delivery truck full of Amazon that comes by twice a week?
As much as people complain "don't turn it into Oahu", that seems to be exactly where we're headed, slow though the progress may be.
High-speed internet has many uses besides "working from home" ... all of which include avoiding extra trips to town. As the population continues to expand, hanging fiber on the existing poles will be cheaper than sitting in traffic, widening the highway, or tomorrow's gas prices.
Which is more "country", everyone sitting in separate cars on their way to the only retail/commercial "town center", or a delivery truck full of Amazon that comes by twice a week?
As much as people complain "don't turn it into Oahu", that seems to be exactly where we're headed, slow though the progress may be.