benc
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join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
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Re: 52.6% of US households have broadband
I'd have to agree. If it weren't for the government I wouldn't be surprised if rural areas would still, to this day, have no POTS. It would probably also would've meant they need diesel or propane generators for electricity or use candlelight.
Satellite? Give me a break. I've heard of a company that offers a 2.0Mbps/512k package without a cap, but it costs $5k/mo.
The problem with these companies is that they answer primarily to stockholders who want maximum ROI. So, they try not to deploy in areas with lower ROI (read: rural areas with fewer people).
The only solution I see is for people to create coops, run an OC3 or OC12, and run a WISP to distribute the costs. |
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benc
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join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL | Another alternative, of course, is government intervention. While I don't necessarily like the idea of that, government is necessary for certain things, and this is one of them. |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| said by benc  :Another alternative, of course, is government intervention. While I don't necessarily like the idea of that, government is necessary for certain things, and this is one of them. Yes the ISPs will whine about how government intervention is bad and how the "free market" should take care of things. Of course if the government gave them a big fat tax break for deploying to rural areas then that form of government intervention is perfectly ok. Situational ethics, don't you love it? |
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smokarz
join:2006-07-24
West Hartford, CT
| HERE IS THE SOLUTION.
Let all cable cos and telcos compete in the same market, after all, they now offer the same set of services. I could never understand the reasoning behind a telco or cable company having absolute right to a particular market without any competition. We need to remove this regulation.
Imagine you can only buy Chevy cars in market A, and in market B be you can only buy Toyotas. Or what about your cell phone services? If you're in area X you can only sign with Sprint, and in area Y, your only option is T-Mobile. What the hell????
We need to allow all providers to fairly compete in the same market for similar products/sevices. This will force providers to price their products appropriately, to be creative/inventive to bring new and better products to their customers, and force them to reach out to customers that are not yet covered (rurals).
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