if the numbers don't add up the taxpayers will subsidise it so...

if the numbers don't add up the taxpayers will subsidise it so there's no problem, just spend now pay later (isn't that what got us into this economic mess?)

but have to wonder if we should be prioritising other areas if we're going to be throwing money around like this

I am sure rural areas would love faster broadband but given the choice between that and irrigating their dead pastures, I wonder what they'd choose