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Re: Can someone help me out here?
said by Nightfall  : Being as that the first city was electrified in around 1890, 45 years isn't bad. Broadband has only been around for 12 years or so. In another 20 years, broadband will be just about everywhere in the US. The percentage of homes that have electricity is 99 and 44/100% the percentage of homes that have any internet access is 60%. That is 40% that don't want it as dial-up is available to all. |
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said by batterup :said by garagerock :At what point did anyone "force" rural areas of the country to be electrified? In 1935 the Rural Electric Administration (REA) was created to bring electricity to rural areas like the Tennessee Valley. Being as that the first city was electrified in around 1890, 45 years isn't bad. Broadband has only been around for 12 years or so. In another 20 years, broadband will be just about everywhere in the US.
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said by garagerock :At what point did anyone "force" rural areas of the country to be electrified? In 1935 the Rural Electric Administration (REA) was created to bring electricity to rural areas like the Tennessee Valley. |
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said by garagerock :Not a hundred years ago they said the same thing about city water, electricity service, sewer service...you get my point. At what point did anyone "force" rural areas of the country to be electrified? Eventually, HSI will be considered a utility (like it should be) and not the playthings of the urban populations of this country. Automobiles weren't plentiful in the rural areas of this country until Ford came along-where's broadband's Henry Ford? The difference between broadband and those utilities you mentioned are about 100 years apart. Electricity wasn't made available to everyone right away. It started in cities and in densely populated areas. If you were trying to point this out in your previous post, I am just clarifying it. 
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Not a hundred years ago they said the same thing about city water, electricity service, sewer service...you get my point. At what point did anyone "force" rural areas of the country to be electrified?
Eventually, HSI will be considered a utility (like it should be) and not the playthings of the urban populations of this country. Automobiles weren't plentiful in the rural areas of this country until Ford came along-where's broadband's Henry Ford? |
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