said by NormanS:said by XBL2009:I've seen other countries get their broadband act together and move way past what United States has. The Rich corporations are purposely blocking progress while milking older technology. The consumer loses here.
The cost would not be that high since Verizon is spending 20 billion for their region so figure 100 to 150 billion which would be paid back over the years. Figure 40 years and 150 million users paying say $25 a month. I'd pay $25 a month for 100 megabit connection.
Yep. Those greedy capitalists. Get rid of the capitalist system, and replace it with government run everything; from clothing, to housing to...you name it. Socialism is the only way to go!
Yes but there is no capitalism when it comes to broadband now. You have cable or DSL if your very lucky and a lot of people are still stuck with dialup. The problem is that the telcoms aren't being pushed to release the technology that already existed and has existed for a long time. It was Covad that pushed the Bells to start offering DSL. The Bells did not want to because T1 was making them a bundle of money. DSL was around for 20 years and Covad began building a network in 96 after the new legislation force the Bells to compete and open their networks.
The reason I propose a non profit company to run a National Fiber network with money loaned from the feds is because they can do it without worry about investors and because the investment is enormous. Also Chrysler Corp paid back the loan faster then the terms required.
Which doesn't make it a good idea. There was no Constitutional basis for that government loan. The U.S. government is not in the lending business. Oh. Wait, The U.S. Constitution is a "Living Document"; i.e., it means whatever the administration of the day says that it means. Sorts like Humpty Dumpty, you know.
The trouble is, people won't pay a lot for there broadband connection. Depending upon their incomes, people won't pay more than about $20 per month at the low end of income range to $75 per month at the high end. Unless their average annual GAI exceeds $100,000 per year, or so.
The private companies need an ROI now, so they can show the investors that they are profitable. But rebuilding the infrastructure to provide 100mbits/sec to the home to 80% of the population is out of the reach of most companies. Verizon is bypassing a lot of their customers to bring FIOS to the home. And their investors are taking a close, hard look at that expenditure.
So the answer is to place a tax burden on the people to get HSI? Again, if I had to pay $150 per month to get HSI, I would do without. It isn't that we are lagging because nobody is doing anything, it is that we are lagging because nobody is willing to pay the per capita cost of immediate overbuild of the existing technology.
In the end, what are you actually doing with all of that bandwidth that you need to have it all yesterday? If HSI cost me $150 per month, I'd spend a lot less time in front of my computer, and a lot more time down at the range, burning up ammunition.
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