Idaho Gets Serious About Broadband

prostoalex writes "In an effort to boost the economy state of Idaho legislated tax credit for companies, who were investing in broadband Internet infrastructure. According to the latest news, the plan worked quite well, and about 150 thousand people can soon take advantage of tax-sponsored buildout. Speaking of wiring rural areas with cheap Internet access, there was an article in NY Times ($free_registration_quote), where Bill Gates admitted that in many cases building Internet in the rural area just speeded up the exodus of farmers, who were able to find a job somewhere else."

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Fuck you gates!

[t0qer]

Bill Gates admitted that in many cases building Internet in the rural area just speeded up the exodus

You mean like my hometown San Jose?

Admittedly, I love technology, I love the richness of information it brings into my life. Yet, seeing all of my families orchards being sold off one by one because of city land grabs has been sad to say the least.

I grew up on a family orchard in the evergreen area of san jose. I remember summer days napping on the stumps of the eucaliptus trees my uncle had cut down..

40, hell even 20 years ago the quality of life in Silicon valley was very different. Housing was more affordable, freeways less congested, about the only bad thing was we were known as the capitol of PCP here in san jose.

Now when I go up on Mount Hamilton, and look down at the city, it's a very different view than what I saw even 10 years ago, my families ranches all replaced with housing, and now there's this constant brown smog layer that comes and goes, but I fear eventually it will stay.

Bill, from one nerd beat up in school to another, please don't make insensitive comments like that. Sure the 799,999 people that have moved here in the last 20 years may agree with you, but watching cookie cutter sheet housing pop up because the city wants more housing for the "tech sector" is just plain wrong.

Here's a little history lesson for those of you going to evergreen valley college and are wonderin why the family tore up the ranch..

About 10 years ago the city of SJ got a stick up it's butt about flood control. Our property is ajecent to a canal that feeds thompsons creek. The first year they took a big chunk out of our property for a "flood control" project. Then for the next 10 they kept moving the fence 6 inches over. By the time they were finished we had lost a good 15-20 acres for the city's "flood control project"

It wasn't just that either, we used to pump water from the creek for irrigation, about 15 years ago Santa Clara county made the practice illeagle, meaning we had to get our water from the city, which made our costs go up.

Sorry mods if you read this as a flame, but Bill saying "Oh we can stomp out the farmers and they'll find other work" is a load of fucking crap.

Bill, I learned your OS and supported it for 7 years. Now i'm out of a job. The demand for MSCE is null right now. Fuck you go to hell.

I'd sugest slashdot begin cracking down on this

[GoatPigSheep]

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I'd suggest slashdot start cracking down on this.

150 thousand people?

[Wakko Warner]

Isn't that pretty much all of the midwest? Including cattle?

- A.P.