said by KrK :

Amtrak can't do what nationwide FTTH could do.

said by Angrychair :

Help with getting rid of the corporate entitlement complex that pervades american culture by forcing competition.

said by Angrychair :

Help with getting rid of the corporate entitlement complex that pervades american culture by forcing competition.

said by Angrychair :

More regulation is always better in the long run. Without someone waiting to kick you in the ass for stepping out of line the world quickly spirals to the lowest common denominator. That is, if you're even alive to see it when it gets there.

said by DaveNJ :

So forcing banks to loan to people who wouldnt or cant pay is good regulation in the long run. Did you learn nothing from the last year. I hope you make so serious money, so i can have some.

said by RadioDoc :

Amtrak is not a good analogy...it would be more like a national ISP riding on others pipes since it doesn't own much of the infrastructure it uses.

A return to good old common carrier regulation would go a very long way to resolving this mess.

said by Angrychair :

You seem to be confused about what good regulation is. Good regulation is making sure things like credit default swaps are publicly disclosed.

I don't even know what you're talking about. The problem the country is in now has nothing to do with banks being forced to make bad loans (regardless of what rush might be telling you every afternoon) the problem the country has now is that mortgage lenders were way too eager to make bad loans and then pawn them off on someone else as solid mortgage backed securities.

But you're going way off topic. This is a discussion about national broadband and the advantages of a national infrastructure as opposed to the regional providers that provide substandard service right now.

said by Desdinova :

"What about the personal entitlement that becomes corporate entitlement. If anything the best solution is government getting out of way of business."

The problem with that position is the assumption that the market won't make harmful choices, which is often not the case. Given a choice (which de-regulation allows) the market will pretty much make choices that ONLY favor the profit stream. I'm all for capitalism and profits but not when they're earned at the expense of slave labor wages, forced child labor, or poisonous and contaminated food products (all of which were conditions that government regulation reversed).