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Re: I So what you are clamoring for is the federal government actually taking property from a private company and redistributing it to whomever they feel is worthy? That's a dangerous and very slippery slope you've proposed there, where does it end?
And to your statement, there are no "unmaintained" areas of AT&T. The federal, local, and state governments regulate large portions of all ILEC's business, including service areas.
The real truth is this, companies like AT&T and Verizon are not expanding DSL service, even with money from the federal government, is that the subsidy would not cover near the cost of providing and maintaining the service. Instead, they have chosen to build out wireless broadband networks that will cost less per user. As private companies, they have a right to create the best business model for them. I'll put it this way, I live in a rural area. The nearest Target store to me is almost 50 miles away. I can get the same items by going to 2-3 different, smaller stores in the area, it just isn't convenient. Do I start raising cain with the state/federal government because I want a Target nearby? No, and I understand why Target isn't closer, there isn't enough of a population base here to justify the cost. There are other options for service, just because I would prefer another option to what I have doesn't mean I'm being hosed. And by the way, those types of businesses get incentives (tax breaks, grants, etc.)to build in low income, rural areas as well, but it doesn't mean they will build one everywhere, just where the need and cost/benifit are lined up. | |
| The real truth is this, companies like AT&T and Verizon are not expanding DSL service, even with money from the federal government, is that the subsidy would not cover near the cost of providing and maintaining the service.
There needs to be more solutions than "gosh, shucks, well what can AT&T and Verizon do, they'e just trying to earn a meager living." They have sucked BILLIONS from this nation. | |
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1 edit | said by Alex J. :] If you calculated the subsidies handed out to U.S. telcos, you could probably wire the country six times over with fiber to the home. People should be very concerned that these companies are now turning their back completely on this infrastructure. In fact, they're just letting those users flee to cable, creating a massive monopoly.
Maybe it could, but that is not what they were paid to do, specificlly they were paid to develop and maintain a dialtone system, and in the late 40's to the '90's provide hardened telphony backbones between CO's, seperately they (AT&T specifically) built hardened redundant microwave and buried conduits for data links for the military between C&C facilities and assets (missile silo, military bases etc.) a very impressive and expensive system.
Home Broadband as a service is fairly new 10-15 and only very recently has the federal gov't considered shifting funding from dial tone to broadband.
The point being if you hired someone to very specifically build and maintain a basic FENCE for the last hundred years, you should not now expect if to be a brick wall, and if you now want a brick wall it will likely cost a lot more to build and maintain, and the fence guy isn't going to do it free just because you changed your mind. | | |
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