| Tax credits Seems like they should offer 20% tax credits to bring broadband to underserved areas instead of improving speeds of the already-existing connections.
10% tax-credits to build-out rural and 20% to improve existing connections sounds flip-flopped. Seems like it would be more costly (thus more incentive) to build-out networks rather than upgrade the existing networks. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
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| Same opinion here. There also needs to be a provision that tax breaks will only happen for revenue in said underserved/next-generation areas. I'm sure Qwest can wire a small part of Denver with fiber, then get a nice tax credit, under this plan...
Speaking of Qwest, what's funy is they don't even offer 7 Mbps service here at my place, well within city limits. If the gov't does such a thing, they should make it 5 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up to a university server, just to screw Qwest ADSL over. |
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 NerdtalkerWorking Hard, Or Hardly Working?Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ | reply to lastmile
I couldn't agree more, ironically-named lastmile  .
Paying money to upgrade networks to 5/1 or the other higher-end speed is great, but all that we're doing is subsidizing network upgrades that the ISPs have procrastinated about, lied about, and put-off for the past 5+ years.
In effect, taxpayers are paying for upgrades to network infrastructure which is likely already oversold, which they will proceed to pay for a second time in their soon-to-increase-due-to-the-economy monthly fees.
Yeah, that sounds like my USA!
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lesopp
join:2001-06-27
Land O Lakes, FL | reply to lastmile
But aren't tax credits pointless when
a) you don't have the needed billions in capital or credit
b) the ROI is greatly diminished when the "BUSH" tax cuts are tossed in a year or less |
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