public
join:2002-01-19
Santa Clara, CA | reply to Oh_No
Re: Oooooooh! said by Oh_No:The rule of thumb has always been, if you want broadband you dont live in a rural area.
All of this has been debated in the 30s when rural electrification was proposed. The concept of a utility to promote commerce and national security was developed.
You do not know much about history,.. |
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| Absolutely. The paradigm has shifted from public utility to mercenary racket. We are allowing a handful of aggressive corporations to put their interests ahead of the needs of every consumer and every other business and even national security. And these telecoms are virtually colluding: they each actively provide as little bandwidth as possible for as much money as possible. They have no motivation to build a network worthy of the economic potential of the US. In fact, they have a disincentive to provide high-level service. |
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WhatNowPremium
join:2009-05-06
Charlotte, NC | The Public Utilities Commissions have been neutered and if the Republicans win their biggest gripe is regulation. They want less because the market will take care of any problems.
I could go for the fixed LTE if the price and caps were equal to DSL. I saw a post the other day where a guy said it was sad his LTE smartphone gave him 4Xs better speed then his hardwired internet connection. I am not sure if he is on cable or DSL. His problem is he uses at least 500GB of data on his hardwired if he is having a very slow month. |
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 Oh_NoTrogglus normalus
join:2011-05-21
Chicago, IL | reply to public
said by public:said by Oh_No:The rule of thumb has always been, if you want broadband you dont live in a rural area.
All of this has been debated in the 30s when rural electrification was proposed. The concept of a utility to promote commerce and national security was developed. You do not know much about history,.. Data is not considered a utility due to heavy lobbying.
I guess you do not know much about history... |
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