The proposal comes after Republicans killed a federal FCC program that provided a $30 discount off the broadband bills of low-income Americans. The Republicans in question claimed they killed the popular program to save money, but a follow up study showed that the program more than paid for itself (by a factor of four) because it helped expand access to remote healthcare, employment, and education.
My state fighting a good fight. We’re flawed, but we sometimes get it right.
I am curious if that graph is median or mean, because I know that there are a few thousand (probably tens of thousands) people living in areas where the only unlimited (non satillite) internet costs ~$500 a month.