wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
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said by boober321  :It is better to get a company in that will roll out the service FOR ALL customers. Great that you are one of those anti-Americans that want to develop a two tiered system for the rich and the poor. So are you saying products/services shouldnt be released if everyone in the country cant afford them?? I am not in any way advocating a two tiered system here, but sometimes its not economically feasible to roll something out to 100% of a geographic area. Furthermore, your argument is fundamentally flawed. People said the same thing about FIOS (that they cherry pick wealthy areas), however that has been shown over and over not to be the case. There are plenty of lower income areas that have FIOS these days. Look at the NYC and DC metro areas and suburbs if you dont believe me. Sure, a lower income area might not be the first to get a particular service, but does that even matter?
People on this website seem to forget that companies exist for one purpose; and this is to make money. As for your "Anti American" comments, you honestly make me laugh. So if I understand YOU correctly, you think being "Pro American" means believing "if I cant get something then neither can Johnny accross the street". I have news for you bud, thats not called being "Pro American", thats called being a selfish prick.
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greendragon
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Stewartville, MN | Although I may have worded it a little differently, I agree with you 100%. | |
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So let me ask you this. Which is better, choices for some customers OR no choices for all customers?
Choices for some is better. But are you really acting in good faith when you suggest that the stark option is either deregulated broadband duopoly or none of us has anything. We have, in the past, attained universal coverage of services by a combination of for profit behavior in markets, government regulation, and socializing some of the costs of infrastructure development.
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So are you saying products/services shouldnt be released if everyone in the country cant afford them?? I am not in any way advocating a two tiered system here, but sometimes its not economically feasible to roll something out to 100% of a geographic area.
So which are we talking about? Whether everyone can afford them or whether the company even provides the opportunity for people to buy them?
I don't think anyone is arguing that, if everyone can't afford something, no one should have the chance to get it but how long should we expect those who don't have the opportunity to buy to continue tolerating the trickle down argument. In most of the country there is a duopoly without the previous longstanding tradition that market dominating companies, that build and maintain basic infrastructure, should have a requirement to attain coverage for everyone in exchange for society tolerating their market dominance.
No on denies that businesses exist to make money, nor would I argue that it is wrong for them to exist to make money. There is a long record of bad consequences, though, when the profit motive combines with the power to control a market. The problem is when, for ideological reasons, we allow a small number of these for profits to control the country's communication infrastructure, tell people who are denied access to this infrastructure that they should go f themselves, and simultaneously deny society the ability to use other mechanisms to get infrastructure built, such as government action. If it isn't feasible for these companies to build infrastructure so be it, but they should get the hell out of the way when society tries to get it built by other means. If they won't get out of the way then society should move them out of the way without any remorse.
Corporations seeking profit is fine. Allowing corporations to dominate the infrastructure that a society depends on and then cutting the legs out from under all attempts(whether antitrust, regulation, public infrastructure build) to find a way around that domination is NOT fine. Expecting society to sacrifice all other interests to the moloch of corporate profits is NOT fine. Corporate profit is not the only value in human civilization. | |
boober321
join:2003-07-15
Milwaukee, WI
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said by wifi4milez :So are you saying products/services shouldnt be released if everyone in the country cant afford them?? I am not in any way advocating a two tiered system here, but sometimes its not economically feasible to roll something out to 100% of a geographic area. Furthermore, your argument is fundamentally flawed. People said the same thing about FIOS (that they cherry pick wealthy areas), however that has been shown over and over not to be the case. There are plenty of lower income areas that have FIOS these days. Look at the NYC and DC metro areas and suburbs if you dont believe me. Sure, a lower income area might not be the first to get a particular service, but does that even matter? People on this website seem to forget that companies exist for one purpose; and this is to make money. As for your "Anti American" comments, you honestly make me laugh. So if I understand YOU correctly, you think being "Pro American" means believing "if I cant get something then neither can Johnny accross the street". I have news for you bud, thats not called being "Pro American", thats called being a selfish prick. Being Pro-American means we stick up for each other, instead of the "I get mine screw my neighbor" attitude you have. AT&T can make a profit by serving all communities. No one ever said the roll out had to be completely done before it can be offered, but they shouldn't be able to pick here and there and leave it at that. And don't be stupid, big telecomm has been leaving communities out of the loop since they started rolling out the service. And when the communities band together to start their own services, AT&T and Verizon are there to do everything in their power to squash that possibility.
And let's not forget that AT&T is using the PUBLICLY subsidized lines that we all paid for. They have a duty as a utility to serve the community and they are trying to get out of that. If they want to cherry pick, let them put up their own private lines on property that isn't the government's (ie. the easement on private property for utilities.) | |
ross
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said by wifi4milez :...I have news for you bud, thats not called being "Pro American", thats called being a selfish prick. Definitively your area of expertise... | |
wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
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said by boober321 :Being Pro-American means we stick up for each other, instead of the "I get mine screw my neighbor" attitude you have. That sounds a lot like you are saying "I didnt get mine so screw my neighbor they cant have theirs!" Just a pinch selfish, dont you think?
said by boober321 :AT&T can make a profit by serving all communities. Really? Are you sure, have you checked the numbers yourself? I can assure you that if they could make a profit (get ready for this) they would do it! Keep in mind that ATT, like other companies, is looking to turn a profit. People like you truly believe this is some huge conspiracy, dont you? Pure entertainment, let me tell you!
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