The issue focused on whether high-speed internet should be provided to every family in New Jersey, or just some.

In the end, most parents were against giving their children fast internet because it would mean more financial trouble and less access to technology. And even if they did have access, many said that while they might get online at home, it wasn't something they wanted to go through.

"I don't want my kids having to make an expensive computer purchase," one parent told NBC 4 New