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File under: History Repeats Itself. Yes, Again.

Short version: Broadband Internet in the 2000s is Electricity in the 1900s.

Glenn Fleishman's "The Killer App of 1900" draws striking parallels between the present-day debate over the necessity of Internet access and the early 20th century debate over the necessity of electricity. In the early days of electrification, electricity was a luxury, providing lights to a few peop...