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Re: core reasons said by openbox9:I agree. It needs to go away. We've been soaked by wasteful taxation long enough.
I'd rather the ISPs pay back the last 15 years of USF fees and the $200 billion in tax grants they received as per the '96 Telecom Act. Then use that money to buy up the copper lines and build out FTTH. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | Why the hell would we want to buy the copper lines instead of just running new fiber and letting the copper rot? |
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| So that we wouldn't have infrastructure competition with private ISP incumbents. If taxpayer money went to build a new FTTH network, you'd want to maximize the revenue rather than split it in half to support the bonuses of CEOs. |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO | So fiber is concerned about competition from copper? For the moment, forget the capabilities delta, doesn't the cost of maintaining copper vs. fiber eliminate the competitive threat? |
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