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n2jtx

join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
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reply to baineschile

Re: So basically....

said by baineschile:

Dont get me wrong, I am all for good competiton and speeds; but I dont think private ISPs should have to incur the cost of wiring unprofitable areas.
Perhaps that is an area where the government should build the fiber optic infrastructure and then charge a small toll for anyone who wishes to use it in order to support it without taxpayer funds (ISP's and end-users). Just like portions of our highway system that are funded by tolls. Otherwise we would probably have highways only in the major metropolitan areas and nothing in the rural areas connecting them together. We already have the USF yet the big telco's and cable companies seem to be able to collect that money and not completely deliver to those areas.
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BillRoland
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join:2001-01-21
Ocala, FL
kudos:2

said by n2jtx:

said by baineschile:

Dont get me wrong, I am all for good competiton and speeds; but I dont think private ISPs should have to incur the cost of wiring unprofitable areas.
Perhaps that is an area where the government should build the fiber optic infrastructure and then charge a small toll for anyone who wishes to use it in order to support it without taxpayer funds (ISP's and end-users). Just like portions of our highway system that are funded by tolls. Otherwise we would probably have highways only in the major metropolitan areas and nothing in the rural areas connecting them together. We already have the USF yet the big telco's and cable companies seem to be able to collect that money and not completely deliver to those areas.
Except the toll roads are almost always found in metro areas rather than rural ones.
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jjeffeory

join:2002-12-04
USA

reply to n2jtx
Toll roads are most predominant in the East and near large cities in the Northern Midwest states ( I-80/90). I hate them with a passion. Driving from Washington, D.C. to Maine, for instance costs about $50 in tolls. It's terrible. I can drive from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles without paying 1 toll, but go through MD, NY, NJ, Mass, Maine, etc, and I'm tolled to death. I can drive from San Diego to L.A., San Fran, Sacramento, Portland, and Seattle without a single toll.

Nah, I don't like that idea. Just put it in the base price.... No internet toll for me, please...



Scatcatpdx
Fur It Up

join:2007-06-22
Portland, OR

But at lest the people who are using the roads are paying, not me in Oregon.


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