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Article #242Re: FCC Broadband Proposal: too little, too late, too timid
From: George
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:39
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:39
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On 3/19/2010 3:09 PM, John Higdon wrote: > In article > <epmdnat677w8VT7WnZ2dnUVZ_h2dnZ2d@posted.southvalleyinternet>, > Roy<aa4re@aa4re.ampr.org> wrote: > >> People always seem to want the government to provide some great benefit >> as long as someone else pays for it. > > I never said I wanted something for free. I just don't understand why if > I want the same level of Internet service at home that my friends in > other countries get, I have to become a CLEC or trench fiber optic > circuits from MaeWest to my home. Sure, I could set up a microwave link > from one of my clients and make an arrangement to get Internet from > them...but that is hardly "easy availability of broadband". > Because you are overlooking the main thing that differentiates us and practically everyone else. We have urban sprawl. It sounds like you may live some distance from existing plant. Would you be willing to pay for the excess cost to deliver service to widely spaced out homes as compared to homes that are sited like your friends in other countries?
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