LilYoda
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join:2004-09-02
Mountains
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Re: Hrm
said by UncleDirtNap  :Since when has Government intervention and regulation ever driven competition? Has worked in many EU countries... Probably elsewhere as well..
Incumbents have been forced to share the network they inherited. But this was done already in the US with CLECS and ILECS, afaik.
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RideRed
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join:2005-06-18
USA | reply to UncleDirtNap
Ownership caps promote competition as does refusing to approve mergers (as rare as it may be). |
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UncleDirtNap
join:2006-08-26
Pittsburgh, PA | reply to JamesPC
Since when has Government intervention and regulation ever driven competition? The fastest way to kill broadband development and deployment is to let some corrupt government bureaucrats get their shit-hooks on it. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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| reply to supergirl
That sounds like something I would hear on Leykis 101.
I do agree that a Republican (I'm a moderate myself), asking for a federal broadband plan is not a true republican.
Competition is a good thing, and a certain amount of government regulation would be good to kick start everything, however, the FUSF/USF, etc. should have been funding this, not the telco's slush fund. |
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supergirl
join:2007-03-20
Pensacola, FL | reply to JamesPC
A Republican in California is a Moderate Democrat, and also believes in closed bathhouses for the Log Cabin Republicans (wealthy people who want to protect their money so they can afford their lover but not divorce). |
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JamesPC
join:2005-10-12
Orange, CA
| reply to en102
I am going to amaze you MORE, I AM A REPULICAN. But I am also an IT man and know the climate of broadband in this country. I know that the current scheme of less than five companies competing against each other. Is NOT going to cut it. We need to drive competition and one of the ways to do that is REFORM. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
| reply to JamesPC
I don't think you'll see too much more on the high end... how much more are people willing to pay for the highend service (+10Mbps, HD, etc.). Docsis 3.0 will require a new payout for Cable companies to deploy.
Having a state or federal broadband plan is the last thing I would expect out of someone from Orange County. |
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