Government Signs Broadband Executive Order > Need FIOS instead

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Re: Need FIOS instead

I never suggested using taxpayer money.

If you want a regulated public utility, put Ma Bell back together as a regulated monopoly with set fee structures and guaranteed profits.

Yes, sorry; I did not mean you were suggesting the use of tax payer money. I was replying to Tshirt's post by following up with a general statement in my post to you.

I would be all for a regulated public utility although I don't see why we would need to go back to one Ma Bell to achieve that. Verizon, however, would be dead set against it because the 'guaranteed profits' would be less than what they make now.

I tend to find that the larger something is, the less efficient it is. Need I go any further than pointing to the federal government?

But I also agree that it is very unlikely they will return to being a public utility.

Bad example. The government is inefficient because it's motivated to spend all of its money each year. It has no incentive to not waste money (double negative for the win).

Well, technically speaking, they are spending more than they have each year... that's why we go deeper and deeper into debt. And the perpetuation of that is not because of inefficiency, it is because of corruption. Don't forget that the money is spent somewhere. Large companies take home billions of dollars of that money (hell $5 billion simply disappeared in Iraq) and certainly don't want the gravy-train to dry up. Somehow we have ended up with politicians that are also business people; the whole thing is a gigantic conflict of interest.

Anyone that thinks large corporations are the pinnacle of efficiency has never worked for a large corporation. I can honestly tell you that Verizon throws away more brand new supplies and equipment in a year than I would be able to pay for with my yearly salary... and that's just in my garage of about 40 guys.