oliphant5
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There should be no federal funding of this crap. Of local municipalities are interested in deployment, let THEM build a muni broadband network and let THEM pay for it.
What luxury should be taxpayer funded next? Cell phones?
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| Don't you realise that without government funding, we wouldn't have a lot of the things we have today. I'm quite sure that power and telephone service was rolled out on government funds, contracted to the companies.
This is the same way, in the 21st century we need government funding to better improve our communications. How in god's name are we going to live in the coming years on century old copper lines that are way past there usage limits. Copper was designed for analog telegraph and voice communications, not transferring files around the world via computer.
It's time we upgrade our copper with an unlimited source of bandwidth, fiber optics. It's only limited by the hardware at both ends which can be easily upgraded over time.
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oliphant5
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| LOL. Yeah, we would lose some corporate welfare and perhaps be able to get more tax money returned to those that paid it. You can't equate broadband deployment with police or other essential services.
Who paid for your OOL service deployment? Uh, customers like you did...along with private investors.
So why while Cablevision pays for its deployment should another profit laden corporation get free money at the taxpayer's expense.
If these people in the boonies want broadband, let then ban together and pay for it through either a WISP or muni network...or wait for other private interests to deploy. It's not the job of joe taxpayer to fund people's luxuries.
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new2it
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|  You know what, I happen to agree with this. I live in the boonies, have for many years. Its very peaceful out here.
The last thing I want is for Uncle Sam to become my neighbor. When I got tired of dial up speeds, I went for broke and went on satellite. Yep its much more expensive, but I, and not the taxpayers am paying for it. Why the hell should they? I chose to live here. If your going to buy property, and high speed internet is important to you, U just best pass up that little place in the country, cause that just ain't gonna happen.
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Spiro0
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-- What luxury should be taxpayer funded next? Cell phones?
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oliphant5
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In many areas, WISP is a excellent cost effective solution. In my neighborhood we all got tired of waiting for cable and DSL and 2 guys got together and started a WISP. Now that Comcast is here, they're still profitable charging only $25/mo for up to 1500/1500 service. Typical speeds when I had it were 1200/600...for $25 that's a great deal and they didn't care what you did so long as they didn't go to jail 
Problem is people always look to gov't to solve their problems for them when the best way to solve problems is to use our freedom and fix it for ourselves.
That said, once a muni is set up or a neighborhood WISP is established they should be aggressively protected by antitrust law as what typically happens is a big company finally shows up and levies predatory pricing just long enough to run the small business under.
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