| Please Do Not Ask The Government ... Fine you want a broadband map- if there is a real market for such data for the purpose you describe, it can be created. Build your own website for the purpose and ask for providers to submit their coverages.
BUT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD... DO NOT ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO DO IT
Besides its like asking FEMA to help Katrina victims, inefficient at its best- it is also giving away too much liberty at its worst.
This is the same reason we should not ask the Government to try and enforce net neutrality- because it can't- and asking it to- gives away too much of our liberty in the process.
The government is only supposed to do the very limited scope of things delineated in the Constitution- and of those, only those it can do well. We should really also think about not letting it have the power to do things it has proved it cannot do.
Meanwhile everything it does outside of its authority in the articles of the Constitution, is usurpation of power- even if we ask for it. Make no mistake- if we ask- it will freely take our liberty and tax us just the same, but it is wrong.
The market will provide whatever services are asked of it through dollars and cents. It is the unseen hand, which guides our economy.
All the problems you have with some businesses- are because the government has created CARTELS. These cartels (such as the Oil and Gas Cartels that create wars in Iraq over oil) are the real problem. People point to greedy corporations. They need to look at the political contributions of those corporations to lobbyists and parties- and see the real problem.
In a truly free market, the government would not interfere with business (no regulation) and it would not steal from businesses and individuals (taxation). Since there would be no government meddling, people would be free to start new companies and provide services, treat employees, and other things the way the market wants- (no unions).
Remember, business serves the free market. Only a government cartel can 'lord it over' individuals, employees, customers, etc. This is why big business likes taxation and regulation- because it makes it harder for smaller competitors to enter the market. |
