chronically_crazy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoWould you live in a rural area?message-squaremessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1103arrow-down1message-squareWould you live in a rural area?chronically_crazy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square77fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·2 years agoThe DSL thing is a bit of a myth nowadays. The rural area around where I live has better internet than the city.
minus-squareRedditiscancer789@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoThen you live in a pretty recently upgraded area. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184726217/rural-states-likely-to-benefit-the-most-from-funds-to-improve-broadband-access
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI have a feeling the reason the internet is so good in MS is because they are more concerned with doing literally anything else besides giving us drinkable tap water.
minus-squareinfinipurple@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 years agoAnd, you know, there’s a whole planet that exists outside of the US…
minus-squareRedditiscancer789@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoJust like the areas that exist outside your little rural area. It’s almost like either of us shouldn’t make blanket statements.
minus-squareinfinipurple@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoExcept that acknowledging that the world exists doesn’t constitute a blanket statement…
The DSL thing is a bit of a myth nowadays. The rural area around where I live has better internet than the city.
Then you live in a pretty recently upgraded area. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184726217/rural-states-likely-to-benefit-the-most-from-funds-to-improve-broadband-access
I have a feeling the reason the internet is so good in MS is because they are more concerned with doing literally anything else besides giving us drinkable tap water.
And, you know, there’s a whole planet that exists outside of the US…
Just like the areas that exist outside your little rural area. It’s almost like either of us shouldn’t make blanket statements.
Except that acknowledging that the world exists doesn’t constitute a blanket statement…