said by dagg:1. because the people that we entrust with running the government are too stupid to figure that out on their own.
2. they have only used up their goodwill with those they are intended to serve, not the politicians to whom they donate large campaign contributions effectively making the people they are supposedly service completely unimportant as far as their view of the amount of goodwill thats left.
3. dont bash on the greedy too much. there is a word for people who try to bring products to market with altruistic reasons.... they are called "unemployed". profit drives business, greed drives profit. the real trick is to keep greed in check with common sense and long term planning. companies like qwest let the green run unchecked.
and what many here would like to see is not whats in the best interests of the people in these areas being served. you are setting the stage for companies to be allowed to cherry pick their coverage which gives you what we already have in many places. those areas in which they are likely to not make what the unchecked greedy folks deem as a large enough ROI are going to be left out in the cold.
in the end, the only real way to fix the issue is to clear the path for new companies to come in and leave the old companies to either figure out how to compete or just leave them twisting in the wind until a more streamlined company can come in & buy the assets and start running said company correctly.
No private company will do rural fiber when its ROI is 10 or more years. We need government buildouts.
