Broadband Internet is now a social necessity. Education, employment and all manner of opportunity will hinge upon it. A widening technology gap exasperated by predatory ISP practices is creating inequalities and reducing our global competitive advantages. In most developed countries, private sector and governmental investments are piping fiber to the home, exceeding 90% by the end of the decade (to provide their citizens with this much-needed social necessity).
In the United States? Regulation (and strangulation) of innovation and the expansion of infrastructure (while removing regulations favorable to the consumer) becomes the norm.
In any case, wireless technology can only realistically be considered a “stop gap” measure while we figure out how to catch up with the rest of the world for broadband penetration. Wireless might fit certain use cases well, but it is well-known to be insecure and unreliable (e.g., subject to interference, hacking and outages).
Pre-overregulated America figured out how to get archaic copper wire to every home and office in the country — even to farms and rural areas. I’m sure we can figure out how to get optical fiber cable to every home and office, too.
