 SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
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| So what. Big deal peopke are without Broadband. I have been thinking of killing our service as you see more warnings about government wanting to track everything you do online.
IMO, Broadband is a luxury, an expensive one. Without it, a smart person could save at least 500 bucks or more a year. They wouldn't have to worry about their PC getting hacked or a virus, granted it would be hard getting updates for the software, but therer is always snail mail, or having a friend burn a disk for you.
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| A possible issue is the way news is not completely discussed, propagated using the media that has existed/been created since the late 1950s.
Giving people, in general, a few ways to gather information/news gives them a better chance to generate decisions for themselves.
"an educated population is the bane of government" and corporations. [some one say it long ago] |
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| In that case they can use the public library computers. After all we will only see what we are allowed to see on the net. If certain powers that be have their way to gain control of the net.
But I AGREE, the net can be a great source for information and misinformation.
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said by Snakeoil:Big deal peopke are without Broadband. The majority of my WISP customers get it because their kids need it for school. Its either paying $35 per month for my internet service, or driving the kids into town to use the public library after school or on weekends, or on special after-school-hours computer-lab days. |
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I have friends in very rural areas that would be a lot better off if they had any REAL choice for broadband. Can you imagine if rural residents had no electricity or phone service? Those too in their day were considered luxury items. Internet service has risen to a higher status level than luxury IMO. Without reasonable cost and reliability these folks are at an economic disadvantage. |
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| I fail to see the need for internet. Electricity helps keep food fresh, homes warm or cool. Phone allows contact with EMS.
Research.. can go to local library and do research there. Shopping.. again go to local stores and shop there, save on shipping fees and hassles with exchanges.
Entertainment.. Go to local movie theaters, watch over the air TV, rent movies from a video store, or get them for free from library.
Again, I see no dire need for internet, nor why people like it's a disadvantage if someone doesn't have access to it.
Besides.. maybe the homes they are talking about belong to the Amish or the other Amish like groups.
As much as I use the net, I still think it's a waste of money. I can do everything in a physical location that I can do on the net. Shopping, games, reading, news...
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