re: #126 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)

The scope and rural spread of the United States creates a real have and have-not split when it comes to privatized utilities. For instance Anymouse’s description of internet access in rural Nebraska. Or that there are lots of rural areas with really poor cell phone access. Some services have to remain public in the US simply so that universal access is provided, otherwise a sort of “separate, but equal” will just creep in as privatized services attempt to maintain profitability.

How long would it have taken to get power lines strung through the midwest without FDR’s Rural Electrification Act?