Paul, you have a false sense of what an education should be.  Connection to the rest of the world via a high-speed internet connection is not a useful tool for education.  Yes, it can be a tool for research; however, an encyclopedia on a DVD is just as useful for primary education research at a fraction of the cost.  Test your assumption, look at the history of reading & math SAT scores from schools and you will not find a relevant increase in test performance coming from internet access.  Come back and explain why SAT scores are significantly lower now when compared to the 1970s.  Why didn't education internet bump scores above the 1970 levels? 

There is a desire for all of the bush to have high speed internet access and educational needs are a false selling point.  Rural communities want government subsidized high-speed internet.  Outside of the public school setting, how much of the desire/push for high-speed internet is from NetFlix, porn, etc?