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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
If you want any real hope that a technology will be developed, that makes it both practical and profitable to provide a better broadband service to rural locations, I would put my money in a private entrepreneur, rather than depending on a government bureaucrat.
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Electricity, water, sewage, garbage collection, roads, and mail service are handled by the government in many jurisdictions. In other words, those government bureaucrats can be mighty effective.
The issue with private enterprise is pretty much as you suggested: they tackle the low hanging fruit, which leads to inequitable access to services and infrastructure. They also tend to ignore large scale projects because of the risks involved.
I'm not suggesting that government intervention is the best solution. The problem is that there are times when government intervention is the only solution.