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.
