I have written three different posts about this article and they all come out sounding like crap compared to the article itself. This post from Mashable talks about how affordable broadband effects our economy and the way we do business. It's just a fantastic article and I learned a ton from it and now view my internet usage a bit differently. I'm done talking, now go read the article.
http://mashable.com/2008/08/05/cheap-broadband/