Let me go one further with this.

Many of these dreams of 40 Acres and a Broadband connection are quickly tempered by the harsh reality that the USA does not have a functioning broadband infrastructure. Depending on which study you read, the USA is anywhere from 13th to 25th place in the world when it comes to the deployment of broadband connectivity. And falling.

Rural areas are not just under-served by broadband, they are, more often than not, not served at all.

Satellite "broadband" is, for the most part, barely tolerable, and for many broadband applications, like video conferencing and gaming, utterly useless.

On the one hand, you can argue that not having a broadband connection is not that big a deal. On the other hand, there's a number of things that you simply CAN'T do without an internet connection. For example, the full set of instructions for how to renew a passport is only online. The only way to buy airline tickets without a "transaction fee" is online. The only way to manage a Netflix account is online. There are hundreds of other examples, big and small, but the point is there's a reason rural America is dying at a rate never seen before.

It's not just gas prices, it's not just the collapse of manufacturing. It's the lack of a telecommunications infrastructure that can support alternatives to the classic rural industries.

So, back to your vision of being a "PC Guy" working your 40 acres. Think long and hard about this, and realize that until you can see hard-wired fast internet where you want to be, your economic opportunities are potentially very limited.