 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T DSL Service
| reply to vpoko
Re: I'd like to know This argument has been rehashed over and over.
It has been demonstrated time and time again that geography and population density arguments only apply to rural areas; as has been stated, many cities in the USA exceed the population density and have similar geography issues as cities in other parts of the world where they have much more choice, much faster services and options, and much lower prices.
While I agree geography is a big factor for rural areas, when it comes to the urban areas, the argument that "It's so much harder or expensive to do here in the USA then ___________ " (name the advanced broadband country) is really just a red herring. The main factor is the lack of competition, the lack of regulatory leadership or enforcement and the insistence on only allowing large companies to dominate the market at levels of ROI they choose. In fact we even allow them to blackmail communities for special treatment.
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