Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program
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Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who "already had broadband."

And pull themselves up by their bootstraps as usual?

I pay $100 a month in a rural area for 12down/500kup by bridging two DSL connections, the only thing I can get in the woods. I can’t watch Hulu and browse the Internet at the same time.

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just so i get that right, you pay 100$/month for 12mbit/s down?

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Correct. Insanity, right? Welcome to rural America.

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