TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
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join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
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|  Regulation by government is almost always bad
The internet will grow and expand much more quickly and will provide more content the less the government sticks its nose into it. And whenever there is government regulation the costs will go up as sure as night follows day.
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G_Poobah
join:2004-01-17
Schenectady, NY
| "The railroads will grow and expand much more quickly and will provide more content the less the government sticks its nose into it. And whenever there is government regulation the costs will go up as sure as night follows day."
"The telephone systems will grow and expand much more quickly and will provide more content the less the government sticks its nose into it. And whenever there is government regulation the costs will go up as sure as night follows day."
"The highway system will grow and expand much more quickly and will provide more content the less the government sticks its nose into it. And whenever there is government regulation the costs will go up as sure as night follows day."
"The electric grid will grow and expand much more quickly and will provide more content the less the government sticks its nose into it. And whenever there is government regulation the costs will go up as sure as night follows day."
Hmm.. beginning to see a pattern here? The internet as it's grown is a NATURAL MONOPOLY. By definition, it will NOT provide the best value vs. a capitalist competitive industry. Of course, retire_rich and his fellow astrotufers want to suppress that piece of information, as do their spiritual kin the 'fundies'.
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to TK Junk Mail
Deregulation is the cause for the 2003 blackout. upgrading the Northeast interconnect wasnt optimal for the bottom line so they just let it fail.
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FTCXtreme
join:2005-03-14
New Braintree, MA
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Deregulating will really help. What the hell are you smoking, The republican crack? The fact is for those of us stuck on dial-up. The government needs to force the telcos and cablecos to deploy, simple as that. No governemtn funding make them deploy. I dotn care about wall street, Wall street can go rot in hell for all i care. The Telcos can go ahead and go bankrupt for all i care as long as I the consumer can get my product.
Personally I wanna go into the boxing ring with Verizons CEO, for a few rounds. The how much I hate them and their crappy services. |
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shimonmor
join:2000-12-30
Sedro Woolley, WA
·wavebroadband
| The cablecos and telcos deploy where they can make a profit. It's called capitalism. Providing service because the government says so may get you broadband but in the end it hurts everyone. But as long as you are happy I guess we should all be willing to sacrifice a little. Kind of like another brilliant invention...welfare.
We live in a market economy. Get used to it. If you want service start your company and we'll see how long before you go bankrupt. Broadband is not a right, it's a luxury. |
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sporkme
drop the crantini and move it, sister
Premium,MVM
join:2000-07-01
Morristown, NJ
·Optimum Online
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Re: Regulation by government is almost always bad
I'll split retire_rich/golfnsun/old_repub/road_warrior's and g_poobah's points...
On the content and backbone infrastructure, keep it hand's off. On that side issues are very simple and the bottom-line driven way that part works is pretty decent. There's still a shakeout waiting there (ie: "Dedicated Server!! $25/Month!!!" will eventually fail), but the fact that I can buy a few rack units of space and a decent amount of bandwidth and have a site available to the entire internet (until SBC muddies that up with their internet toll charges) for around $400 a month is pretty amazing.
The last mile is where it gets tricky. We are headed towards a cable/telco duopoly where your choices for techy/nerd services dwindle to nothing (even if you want to pay a reasonable premium for them). I could live with a single fiber from a CO to my residence with that fiber under regulation and handled by a single company whose ONLY business is providing that last mile and operating the most basic level of cross-connections to various providers of video/internet/private net/phone/radio/whatever-the-future-brings. That would really please me. Then let the battle happen for each service that can be carried over that line.
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imanogre
join:2005-11-29
Mcdonough, GA | reply to shimonmor
Electricity is not a right, it's a luxury.
A telephone is not a right, it's a luxury. |
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shimonmor
join:2000-12-30
Sedro Woolley, WA
·wavebroadband
| said by imanogre  :Electricity is not a right, it's a luxury. A telephone is not a right, it's a luxury. Don't be a fool.
How many homes out there don't have electricity? If you have a power outage it's not the end of the world but it's very inconvenient. Some people won't have heat, won't be able to cook, can't do much, etc... If I loose power I don't have water either which means no flushing or drinking since I'm on a well. So, I think electricity is a necessity.
If my broadband goes out, no big deal. I've lost my source of entertainment. I won't be able to chastise knuckle-headed posters on BBR. Some people have dial-up back-up if necessary.
As for the telephone...that can go either way. I could live without it but many people can't. And with the advent of cellphones telephone service isn't as critical.
How many people out there don't have broadband? I can think of dozens of my friends who don't have it, don't know what it is, don't have a computer and they lead normal lives. But they all do have electricity and telephones. So are they missing out on another "right".
Seems like this country has turned into a bunch of whiners who are demanding that they have all sort of "rights". |
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