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join:2007-01-13 | reply to karlmarx
Re: It doesn't have to be FREE said by karlmarx: What I propose is that the government OWNS the backbone, and RENTS it out to private industry to provide service. Ponder this: Time Warner Cable or Comcast or whomever finds another service they want to provide... and trust me when I tell you that a lot of things are being developed at this very moment. Alas, some of those things will require significant changes to the infrastructure; it's not going to be stuff that only requires sending a signal to the consumer...
Under the current system, the cable company decides that spending the money to change the infrastructure is worth it and proceeds.
Under your system, the government decides whether or not to make those changes. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. It's pretty much up to the whim of the times.
Question is, do you want these decisions made by politicians, many of whom are utterly clueless about technology, or the visionaries who will actually pony up their own money? |
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 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | said by APG:Question is, do you want these decisions made by politicians, many of whom are utterly clueless about technology, or the visionaries who will actually pony up their own money? Thats really not a fair statement, I mean just look at how efficient the DMV and Post Office are!  |
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 marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
join:2002-05-13
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:2 | said by wifi4milez:said by APG:Question is, do you want these decisions made by politicians, many of whom are utterly clueless about technology, or the visionaries who will actually pony up their own money? Thats really not a fair statement, I mean just look at how efficient the DMV and Post Office are! Ever dealt with a privatized DMV state like Missouri? If you think government DMVs are bad, private run DMVs are even worse.
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marigoldsGainfully employed, finallyPremium,MVM
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kudos:2 | reply to APG
said by APG:Under the current system, the cable company decides that spending the money to change the infrastructure is worth it and proceeds. Under your system, the government decides whether or not to make those changes. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. It's pretty much up to the whim of the times. In theory. In practice, nearly all cable upgrades happen because the LFA mandates it. Without LFA mandates, 90%+ of cable systems out there would still be 13 channel analog with a handful of trapped premium channels.
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