RayWPremium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
kudos:1 | reply to Rob
Re: No excuse.. said by Rob:There's simply no excuse why every home in the U.S. cannot subscribe to DSL. If they have access to a phone line, they should have access to DSL. The same goes with cable TV. There's just no valid excuse. This is why I don't support giving any funding to Comcast, AT&T, Verizon or any of the big companies to expand their network. IMO, they haven't made the effort, and therefore don't deserve any help. 1. I am over 8 miles from the central office on what is called pair gained lines. Dial up was a screaming 9-15K, usually, if I was lucky. We got DSL (so the rumor has it) because two state congress peoples lived in my area and QWEST put a remote DSL feed (aka DSLAM) near me while they were buying votes to make UTOPIA illegal (since most people here voted for it, despite the propaganda).
2. I like how SOME people gripe about communities building their own infrastructure with taxes and bonds because the incumbents won't do it, but it is okay to give our tax money to those same incumbents to waste on boats and parties and to buy high level politicians to pass favorable laws protecting them. So like you said, stop giving them tax payer dollars.
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