Mediacom Helps Keep Minnesota a Broadband Backwater > Do the feds really need a way to spend even MORE money?

Do the feds really need a way to spend even MORE money?

Trillions spent in several wars is ok though. God forbid we use that tax money to improve our own country.

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because financing infrastructure upgrades is a bad idea, right?

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Sorry but This is not useless spending, just as the american highway systems were not useless spending, the infrastructure needs to be built and the private companies are not doing a good job of it at the moment.

I'd be all for a non profit actually being built and funded to start buying the dark fiber every where and trying to link the countries smaller communities into a mesh at this point. And giving access to the network to other providers.

It's high time some one steps in and does something for the betterment of the nation and not just for the profit of the share holders.
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So your saying that if the local government runs the broadband setup just like the cable provider, they CAN NOT make a profit??? If it came down to the cable companies low cap/overage fee (fear of getting a HUGE bill) or the local municipal slightly higher price internet but no cap, ill pay the municipal and maybe help LOWER the deficit. I always find it funny when some people (republicans) want to shrink government but if it was their job being "shrunk" they would be SO against it. Hipocrits

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of course,just so it's something i want......at least that's typical of americans.

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if the government were in charge of a desert they would claim a shortage of sand.and you know it.

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