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karlmarx
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The FCC classifies satellite as 'broadband'. With a 250MB cap per day, that gives you a total (if you're VERY careful), of about 8GB/month. That's not broadband. The FCC considers Verizon data to be broadband, but you get even LESS bandwidth a month.
The problem the US faces is the classic problem of the have's vs. the have nots. Why should someone who lives in a rural area NOT HAVE CHOICES? The problem is the EXACT same problem we had with electricity, phones, and running water, and police and fire services. Lower distribution over larger area = less ROI for the megacorp. But today, you can pretty much get electricity, phone, water and services ANYWHERE in the US?
How is that possible you say? one word. REGULATION. If you FORCE the companies to provide equal services everywhere, guess what, they will. If you LET the local government provide services, they will. And guess what, all the companies DIDN'T go bankrupt when we forced them to provide what they were selling to everyone.
The ultimate solution, which we will get to eventually, is to treat the internet as the UTILITY it is, and that means that if you're in a high-rise in NYC, or living in a shack in Montana, you will still be able to get services from somewhere.
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join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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| said by karlmarx  :Why should someone who lives in a rural area NOT HAVE CHOICES? The problem is the EXACT same problem we had with electricity, phones, and running water, and police and fire services. Lower distribution over larger area = less ROI for the megacorp. But today, you can pretty much get electricity, phone, water and services ANYWHERE in the US? How many choices do you have for electricity, phone (don't count cellular), and water in rural environments?said by karlmarx :all the companies DIDN'T go bankrupt when we forced them to provide what they were selling to everyone. Because we tax payers footed the bill. | |
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