said by NormanS:said by XBL2009:Right now Fios doesn't cost $150 so I don't know why you keep coming up with that price. I don't recall but I think the lower tiers cost $40. Verizon isn't deploying FIOS universally, only where they can put it in at low enough cost to not have to charge $150. They are bypassing a lot more customers than they are laying fiber to because they can't deploy FIOS to everybody at a low cost.
Capitalism, the way by which companies raise operating capital. Investors put money into a project with the expectation of a R.O.I. Comcast, AT&T, and some others are investor owned.
For those who worry about the government mucking around in their lives, government funding of anything is suspect.
A loan is a loan and it was the military that started the internet. Also it's not just government people should fear because their are laws that protect them but big company's can do things the government cannot. There is a cozy relationship with government and big corps to get information on people when the feds want it.
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