That's a nonsensical reach. The United States, especially in rural areas have internet access that is considered laughable and has nothing to do with their financial situation.
I have observed this effect directly in real life.
If life circumstances get away from you and you get to the point where the one provider wired to your area, like spectrum say, gets turned off for non payment after months of ignored bills, you may well find yourself without any plausible path to have the resources to turn it back on.
All it takes is a life based on something like shift or manual work and a medical or family crisis.
People really have no idea what life is actually like in most of this country it seems.
If life circumstances get away from you and you get to the point where the one provider wired to your area, like spectrum say, gets turned off for non payment after months of ignored bills, you may well find yourself without any plausible path to have the resources to turn it back on.
All it takes is a life based on something like shift or manual work and a medical or family crisis.
People really have no idea what life is actually like in most of this country it seems.