Rich people have access to high-speed Internet; many poor people still don't

Then move to a location with good internet?

The internet isn't a right. Cable TV isn't a right. I feel like I'm repeating myself lately, but why is there so much entitlement lately?

If you want better, do better. If you want nice things, bust your ass. If your town doesn't have what you want, move. Don't tell me it cant be done. I was laid off twice in 2 years, my credit and savings wiped out from underneath me. With a wife and 2 kids... being the sole provider. I could have settled and got a local job that paid nothing and complained about being poor, but I didnt. I scraped what little I had and I moved myself and my family to a place that offered the opportunities I needed.

I had to live in Oklahoma along the way, until i could find a better job, but i did, and it sucked, but i did it until I found a job and a place to live and now im writing this in a nice apartment with gigabit internet.

I was literally down to $1200 and no place to live... anyone can save up $1200... stop expecting people to make life easy for you. Men used to be men, and handled stuff... now men sit on their ass and wait for life to get easy...

> “I can't believe that they wouldn't look at people's ability to pay before they run cable,” said Alvarez, who won a seat on the board in 2011 running on a platform to improve Internet access countywide. “I do believe that they run cable where they will get their money back.”

Ohh the humanity!

> Alvarez ... said Comcast and other providers should pay to connect homes where lines are readily available because the companies will eventually recoup their costs.

Now it would appear the local board of supervisors know the broadband business better than the providers themselves.

This rant sounds oddly reminiscent of my uncle who used to lecture me on taking out student loans instead of just working a summer job to pay for school like he did.

I think there is something inherently wrong with feeling like you came out on top when it sounds like you had to uproot your family with no safety net, and most importantly no home. It's great you were able to pull yourself out of poverty but I'd caution you to remember that that most likely makes you an exception to the rule.

I'm okay with this. Having less than 25 Mb/sec downloads isn't an indication your basic human rights have been violated.