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Re: FCC Broadband Proposal: too little, too late, too timid

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From: Roy
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:55
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On 3/19/2010 11:28 AM, John Richards wrote:
> "alexd"<troffasky@hotmail.com>  wrote in message news:ho0cho$1la$1@speranza.aioe.org...
>> Nuenen in the Netherlands has a pop den of 1742/sq mile and they've all
>> [90%] got fibre:
>>
>> http://www.rogerdarlington.me.uk/Nuenen.html
>>
>> Eindhoven is next. I'm sure you God-fearing capitalists will abhor the
>> idea of a co-operative building a broadband network, but hey, your loss!
>
> Government interference through various subsidies hides the true cost of
> providing such service. It boils down to a willingness by everyone to pay
> higher taxes in order to get more cradle-to-grave services. Most Americans
> are unwilling to pay higher taxes.
>

People always seem to want the government to provide some great benefit 
as long as someone else pays for it.
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