PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
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Re: Tell Me
said by richardpor  :Tel me a place where centralized planning works and I will tell you why we do not need a National broadband policy. We already have a national broadband policy, defined by the 1996 Telecommunications Act. It's just not being implemented.
It states that Universal broadband shall be made available in a timely manner. The FCC uses misleading data ("one house served in a zip code means everyone in the zip code is served") so that they can ignore the problem. |
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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA
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Yeah, I don't know how much national highway system you got, my national highway system doesn't come straight to my door, I have to drive down those pesky locally funded roads to get to it.
The only national broadband policy involving grants should also require an independent backbone. Meaning, if you want public money, then you don't get to compete with private companies for service and content. Which is the whole problem now. |
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SD6
join:2005-03-26
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said by OkieFiber :A national broadband policy is analogous to a national highway transportation bill. Really? Interstates are needed to drive from one side of the country to the other, and can be used by everyone in the country.
The broadband access problem usually refers to a last mile access or black hole problem, the primary hurdles involving local rights of way to private homes or businesses. If you want to talk about having broadband in airports, train stations, etc., that is one thing, but subsidizing broadband access to private homes or businesses is of little benefit except to the people in those homes or businesses. |
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DSL Oberst
join:2001-11-29
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If Kentucky could do this for themselves without a national plan and national funding, why can't other states? Let them solve their own problems.
I can tell you that here in GA the government would simply pocket the money. No broadband initiative would ever actually go through, unless it was of benefit to the uber-rich of the metro Atlanta area. Yea, corruption.
It's rather sad to live in at-will state and have more trust in corporations than in the state government. |
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soothsayer15
join:2002-03-01
Irving, TX
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said by DaveNJ :said by TKJunkMail :said by richardpor :Tel me a place where centralized planning works and I will tell you why we do not need a National broadband policy. If Kentucky could do this for themselves without a national plan and national funding, why can't other states? Let them solve their own problems. Verizon is offbase with this plan. Its just a money grab for Verizon. How? They aren't receiving any money from the USF now. Does anyone read the articles anymore? |
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OkieFiber
join:2006-12-11
Perry, OK
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So I guess we all forget how we got our National Highway system? If we would have waited for each state to upgrade their portion of the Interstate highway system we would still be driving on dirt roads, and we have still have more than enough of those where I live!
A national broadband policy is analogous to a national highway transportation bill. |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey
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said by TKJunkMail :said by richardpor :Tel me a place where centralized planning works and I will tell you why we do not need a National broadband policy. If Kentucky could do this for themselves without a national plan and national funding, why can't other states? Let them solve their own problems. Verizon is offbase with this plan. Its just a money grab for Verizon.
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TKJunkMail
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
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said by richardpor :Tel me a place where centralized planning works and I will tell you why we do not need a National broadband policy. If Kentucky could do this for themselves without a national plan and national funding, why can't other states? Let them solve their own problems. Verizon is offbase with this plan.
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richardpor
Fur it up
join:2003-04-19
Portland, OR | Tel me a place where centralized planning works and I will tell you why we do not need a National broadband policy. |
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