yolarry
join:2007-12-29
Creston, WV | Assholes!
Now I going to stuck with hughesnet and dial up forever. :| |
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delmarvawifi
join:2008-07-15 | Good news for all the mom and pop wireless providers. |
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Anonymous Coward
@verizon.net
thumbs down from:
TKJunkMail 
| All for the big telcos, put the screws to the people
George Bush can't leave fast enough. |
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JasonOD
@comcast.net
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TKJunkMail
| Great news........
Thanks to common sense and a reality check, the free market & taxpayers win. Nothing is really free. |
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k1ll3rdr4g0n
join:2005-03-19
Homer Glen, IL
| Well, it could be worse
And it is.
Are we all stupid humans that don't want innovation?
The incumbents had their chance to speak and all they had were lies, so they can go pound sand. If only these idiots realized that this will happen eventually, they are only buying time by being stupid. And in the long run its going to hurt them even more! This is simply because by the time the plan is reintroduced again even better wireless technology will be on the market and they will be able to reach even more homes/businesses.
In the mean time cable companies rate hike and put in caps, while the rest of the world are at least 10x speeds we are.
I swear I really wonder about the intelligence of some of these CEOs. It seems as the more money you get paid, the lower your IQ drops.
And for those who think that this would violate the first amendment to be smut free, you are the dumbest porn surfer ever. If they don't require registration, it would be the best anonymous connection to the internet you can get. Isn't that what you want, to be able to post your opinion anonymously? Or would you rather have your porn? If all you want is porn, I'll burn you DVDs full next time if you leave this plan alone. |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Unworkable?
How would anyone be able to cover the cost of such a freebie? Were the taxpayers going to be hit up for paying for this?
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC
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Re: Assholes!
said by yolarry :Now I going to stuck with hughesnet and dial up forever. :| You would have been in the other 5% anyway, and it would take 10 years for you to find that out.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ | reply to Anonymous Coward
Re: All for the big telcos, put the screws to the people
said by Anonymous Coward :
George Bush can't leave fast enough.
But these 2 killed it off - not Bush:
Sen. John Rockefeller, (D-W.Va.), and Rep. Henry Waxman, (D-Calif.) |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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Re: Unworkable?
said by pnh102 :How would anyone be able to cover the cost of such a freebie? Were the taxpayers going to be hit up for paying for this? M2Z networks was going to get the spectrum at a big discount; use most of it to SELL service; and use 768 kbps of it for the free internet(but with lots of ads to sell).
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: All for the big telcos, put the screws to the people
said by TKJunkMail :said by Anonymous Coward :
George Bush can't leave fast enough.
But these 2 killed it off - not Bush: Sen. John Rockefeller, (D-W.Va.), and Rep. Henry Waxman, (D-Calif.) T, you never get it , its the hatred that more important, thats a core liberal value, hate those who question us, even if democrats were the cause.
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | reply to yolarry
Re: Assholes!
I dont know but i used bonded ISDN for years, might be faster then hughs |
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probboy
join:2008-01-10
Natick, MA
1 edit | reply to MrMoody
said by MrMoody :
You would have been in the other 5% anyway, and it would take 10 years for you to find that out.
Thank you, at least one other person on this site is willing to admit that this plan was never going to be the panacea for unserved rural areas. |
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probboy
join:2008-01-10
Natick, MA
| reply to pnh102
Re: Unworkable?
said by pnh102 :How would anyone be able to cover the cost of such a freebie? They weren't; they would have never been able to build out the required infrastructure within the required timeframe on the business plan proposed. |
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC
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| reply to probboy
Re: Assholes!
said by probboy :this plan was never going to be the panacea for unserved rural areas. No, no plan that sets out to serve x% of the US ever will. Either it has to be 100% in a reasonable length of time or something specifically delegated to unserved rural areas only. Anything else will naturally concentrate on the cities, where a filtered, capped wireless service would get used for mobile internet, while rural homes wait for someday.
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probboy
join:2008-01-10
Natick, MA
1 edit | I think all these plans work around the proverbial 800 lb elephant in the room: either we, as a society, decide to provide high-speed internet access to rural areas or we decide we aren't going to. If we are going to provide access, let's build out a future-proof network like FTTP or FTTN (where possible) or fixed wireless solutions (where a wired approach doesn't work) using existing subsidies (like the universal service charge, for example). If we, as a society, decide not to build out rural networks, then let's eliminate the universal service fund.
Half-baked plans like M2Z's or Google's (& others') white space broadband are never going to provide access to unserved rural areas, regardless of what any CEO or press release says. |
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aaronkeown
join:2008-02-05
Jeffersonville, IN | Check your politics at the door please.
Hatred as a liberal value?Why do people always have to drag their own personnel politics into this.The only thing I hate is the fact that unfettered capitalism has led to our country's current economic condition. |
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| reply to Anonymous Coward
Re: All for the big telcos, put the screws to the people
said by Anonymous Coward :
George Bush can't leave fast enough. Might make sense if GWB had something to do with them killing this plan. You might want to blame the lobbyists first.
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| reply to probboy
Re: Assholes!
said by probboy :Thank you, at least one other person on this site is willing to admit that this plan was never going to be the panacea for unserved rural areas. Probably not, but 95% of America is more than 95% of the population. More than 5% of the nation is technically uninhabited.
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC | It is completely beyond doubt that they meant 95% of the population. |
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NetAdmin
CCNA
join:2008-05-22
| Not completely beyond doubt... Coverage is sometimes express in terms of geographic area.
However, I found the FCC filing. They are talking population. My mistake.
quote:
Require the licensee to provide signal coverage and offer service to: 1) at least 50
percent of the total population of the nation within four years of commencement of
the license term and 2) at least 95 percent of the total population of the nation at the
end of the 10-year license term.
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