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Re: Bandwidth costs practically NOTHING! Then it appears the question is, how much does it really cost to roll out FTTH to every home in the U.S.?
How about homes within 100 miles of a metro area (with 1M+ pop.)?
How about homes within 50 miles of a metro area?
And how about using those USF funds to pay for this? Or how about a 1% federal sales tax to finance this? However, I'm somewhat loathe to suggest more taxes, since it will undoubtedly be hard to remove or reduce the tax later.
As for having only one broadband choice, I know exactly what you mean. For me it's cable. At least in some ways it's better than having only DSL as a choice, since you'd be limited to 6.0M/768k. Believe it or not, I once met a fellow who said that DSL was his only choice. If he wanted TV he'd have to use Dish or something. |
