We want to radically reinvent American agriculture, we want to revitalize rural economies, we want to revolutionize agronomic techniques...but we'd also like to check our email and watch videos from around the world.
Dial up is a major major bummer for a lot of young farmers. High speed internet isn't quite the same as a barn dance every Saturday in the church down the road, but is sure does help when you're all alone, stoking the fire in the cold, trying to place a seed order.
http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/mar/01/0301_broadband/