| Why not simply provide the money on reasonable terms? The reason ISPs are not applying for the Federal grant money is because it comes with absurd strings attached -- in particular, "network neutrality" rules inserted into the recovery legislation by lobbyists for Google. (The Obama Administration has hired on several Google lobbyists, including Susan Crawford and Andrew McLaughlin -- probably as payback for the nearly $1 million that Google contributed to the Obama campaign. This hiring violated Obama's pledge not to hire lobbyists, but apparently Google was such a good "friend" of the Administration that it was willing to violate its own pledge to do so.) The constraints inserted by Google would make ANY effort to which they were applied economically unsustainable.
ISPs should be, and are, asking government to do the right thing: removing those ridiculous constraints so that competent private businesses can create jobs by doing what they know how to do best: buid networks. Funding unsustainable municipal projects that would be a waste of public money and ultimately would harm taxpayers. |
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Billings, MT | Define reasonable terms.
Most telecom companies want the money, yet want to do NOTHING to their infrastructure. If we're stuck on Coax/Copper Pair until it falls apart, they're fine with that.
Unsustainable Municipal Projects? What kind of bullshit are you trying to feed us? You should look at several locally run projects that are doing quite well.
I think they should grow the fsck up. I'm sick of listening to most of the ISPs bitch and moan because things aren't just perfect for them. If they'd update the fsckin' network, there wouldn't be any issues and people wouldn't complain.
But.. No.. Let's waste millions of dollars on bullshit (lobbying) instead of upgrading the infrastructure and cure the issue at hand.
I swear, my 3 year old is more mature then most ISPs.
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