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Re: yea said by asdfdfdf:
How do many of you square the claims that government shouldn't be involved in broadband build out and that we should let the market work, with your incessant claims that it is not economically feasible to build out in many areas of the country because population density isn't high enough, which is another way of saying that the market is not going to deal with this(even though costs have been dropping over the last decade, they never seem to drop enough to make the business case for build out).
Is the market going to be able to provide the infrastructure necessary for 21st century economic activity or is it not?
Should we simply say that the have nots are shit out of luck and tolerate the development of the digital divide?
The problem is capitol. Yes, Japan may be leaps ahead of the US, but people do not live on 1/4 or great acre lots in Japan's cities.
Even in the most crowded US cities, there is still plenty of space to cover. And that is the issue.
While fiber and equipment may have gotten cheaper, it still costs money, a lot of it...
Do you realize that there are still parts of this country that do not have POTS service? While high speed internet may be nice, it is not something that we need to go into serious debt about, not to mention the costs involved.
Remember that Japan is only the size of one of our largest States of the Union. The costs involved in deployment would very easily push your monthly rate for such a service in the upper $100 - $200 range.
Is this something you are willing to pay? Is this something Joe User is willing to pay?
More than likely not. Hence, bad investment.
Companies are in business to make money. If a business venture does not yield a good return, it is a failure.
Businesses try to avoid ventures that cost tons of money and has no return.
I also feel the same about using my tax dollars to build such a network. There are plenty of other things my tax dollars need to be spent on before everyone and their brother gets a 100MBPS fiber line to their home.
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