New FTC Boss: Tough On Broadband's Duopoly? > Where's the beef?

said by LightS:

At least EVERYBODY has internet access, right?

You're missing something. We live in, my opinion, the most influential nation in the world. I don't want to get into any debates about that, so I'll move forward --

EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO GET BROADBAND INTERNET. There should be no question as to that, it should be a national effort to be able to provide any customer who has a desire to purchase broadband. Why should only major cities, such as NYC & Chicago get the massive upgrades & line capacity that they're enabled too? Why are they bothering to upgrade that, when they could be spending that same amount of $$ on spreading internet to places that are being dominated by either a monopoly or duopoly.

I'm not saying progress shouldn't be made, but what good is progress if not everybody can enjoy it?

said by lakerfan82 Being in the most influential nation in the world has nothing to do with how many people have internet.

Your opinion that everybody should have the option to get broadband is just that, an opinion. Not everybody believes that broadband is a right, cause its NOT. Furthermore, everybody does have the option to get broadband, nobody is forcing people to live in areas without broadband. If broadband is so essential to a particular person's way of life, then they need to move to an area that can serve their broadband needs. Its not everyone else's responsibility to provide that person living out in the boonies with broadband.
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You miss one of my points -- It's 2009. I personally think that it's unacceptable to not be able to receive some sort of broadband, whether it's via wifi, cable, DSL. (I don't even consider Satelite broadband.)
Whether they want it or not, the option should be there.
Internet, in my opinion, will eventually be considered a utility.

You say that nobody is forcing people to live in areas without broadband, that's completely irrelevant. They can be provided with Electricity, water, telephone, and all the other utilities -- I feel that high speed internet should eventually, be the same way.