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| Government controlled, provided Broadband??? Oh puhleeeze enough of the "socialist" government is better than the private sector non-sense. Social Security is bankrupt, the border with Mexico is a one-way super-highway, and you want to Nationalize broadband? I don't think so. I have probably more reason to be pissed than anyone here as I have waited for 10 yrs to get HighSpeed broadband in my rural area. Sprint Local was my phone provider, they got spun off into local provider Embarq when SPRINT/NEXTEL merged under GOVERNMENT mandate to approve the merger for the wireless carriers. So, now I have an under-capitalized local company that will NOT upgrade the 40+ year old switchbox in my rural area at a cost of a Quarter Million dollars so that they can jump in the market and provide DSL to 40 people for 20 bucks a month? Do the math folks, if I were a shareholder and they did that upgrade I would fire the freaking CEO and entire Board of Directors. So, I suffered with 28K dialup for 7 yrs, ISDN at 128K and 80 bucks a month for 3. However, this week I went with Sprint Mobile BB Cards EVDO service through a Kyocera KR1 router (check out 3gstore.com if you don't have wired BB in your area, they can probably hook you up via wireless service) and am getting 1.5mb down 500 up, and am HAPPY to pay $30 bucks a month for the service, ($60 unlmtd min. split with my neighbor hooked up to my wifi). High-speed broadband is a priviledge, or luxury, not a government guaranteed/subsidized/provided right. If the government wanted broader high-speed service, they should put big tax breaks on for providers like a 100% Capital Cost deduction/first year depreciation deduction for Embarq to put the hardware in to bring broadband to an area like mine where it isn't economically justifiable for them. What does the government lose? Nothing. A tax deduction for an expenditure that would never have been made otherwise? AND they gain all the subscription and FCC taxes for service that they would not have gotten otherwise. It's a win, win for everyone. The FREE market will always work, eventually. I found a company in Sprint Wireless that found a way to bring wireless to areas not served by land lines (they have HUGE coverage for EVDOrevA now). So now there is INCENTIVE for the hard-line providers to get busy or lose their potential market, and if not, so be it; somebody else found a way to provide a service where one was wanting. Thank you Sprint Wireless. Thank you Free-Enterprise system. | |
 roc5955Premium
join:2005-11-26
Rosendale, NY | There is no such thing as a "free market." Markets are setup by governments, to trade goods using the currency of the realm. Without controls for consumer protection, many corporations would, and do run roughshod among the people.
The airwaves which carry your cell service belong to WE THE PEOPLE. The government should be sure that they are properly regulated, so that, for instance, transmitters do not "step on" other, competitor's frequencies.
Your argument that Social Security is bankrupt, and Mexico is a one way freeway, are directly related to the politicians who have people brainwashed into believing that government can do no good. They are out to prove it, so that they can get more kickbacks from big business. Social Security is bankrupt because Reagan stole from the lock box, and so has Bush. These two combined have run up more debt than any other presidents. Debt that has been given, in the form of tax cuts to big business, and the ultra rich. It's about time that these entities started paying their fair share again, and America can prosper, like it did before Reagan.
The Mexican border is a "one way freeway" because there are fewer and fewer unions. One of the things that unions have done in the past, is to make darn sure that their workers are able to work in the US legally.
If we stopped giving the ultra rich a free ride, maybe we could have mandates for telecom companies to upgrade their services, under the law. The law made by WE THE PEOPLE.
Your "Free Enterprise" system is far from free. It's only free for the ultra rich, who want to make the US a country of the ultra rich, and the hyper poor. | |
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Mexico? Haha.
I don't want socialism. I want freedom and a TRUE free market which we don't have.
If cities want to install their own networks then they should.
Have you looked up Europe in your research? | |
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