Wednesday, July 6, 2011

What A Bargain. $350,000 for Internet Service

One part of the so-called stimulus package was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  It appropriated $7.2 billion to subsidize broadband deployment in rural areas.Turns out that the cost per incremental household was almost $350,000. And these are the people who want to run your medical care.

http://www.heartland.org/infotech-news.org/article/29770/Evaluating_the_CostEffectiveness_of_RUS_Broadband_Subsidies_Three_Case_Studies.html

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