said by dagg:i both agree and disagree with what you are saying.
government regulations are not going to help much in this situation simply because the telcos are going to (as has already happened in several cases) ask for exemptions and lobby to make those regulations more favorable to them. regulations just arent going to work.
the corporate welfare idea is also a super bad idea simply because we do not need the government spending money to pay for something that these companies should have done on their own.
personally, i think we need to let private industry come in and completely shake up not only HSI by installing fiber (either privately or in conjunction with municipalities at the local level) but also let them shake up a bunch of other stuff by offering other communication services (phone, wireless ect) and while we are at it, lets shake up payTV services such as cable and satellite by letting them provide those services as well and let the market decide what the prices should be.
if we would get the government out of the business of "protecting us to death" and back into the business of actually running, oh i dunno... THE GOVERNMENT... it would be a huge bloody mess for about 5 years and then things would start to shape up with real competition and real options.
i know, im a madman for even suggesting such an idea
/edit for clarity
What "private industry" wants to come in and invest in such a long-term ROI project? And what "market" are you talking about? Have you ever heard of a "natural monopoly"?
