jdracer47
join:2005-10-16
Auburn, PA
| I have to agree on this one
Sorry but even as a staunch Republican I have to agree on this one.
The area I live in is fairly Rural, Verizon when it comes to POTS supplies bare minimum here. No freedom packages and no voice mail. Also my community has 1100 homes in it with no DSL. I got into this argument with our IT guy, his comment was that if it isn't cost effective then why should they do it. I would agree with him on this if Verizon wouldn't fight every Muni broadband initiative out there. Think about it, "we don't want to serve the area but we don't want anyone else doing it either!"
Now people complain about Comcast all the time too, but I have a friend that lives in an area even more rural than mine and he receives the same speeds that people in the cities do. He receives this even with no DSL competing against it. Maybe Comcast isn't as good as 100MPS Japanese providers but at least they attempt to provide decent service to ALL of their customers, not just the ones they elect to serve like Verizon does(REDLINING!!!!) |
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jp10558
Premium
join:2005-06-24
Willseyville, NY
| quote:
I would agree with him on this if Verizon wouldn't fight every Muni broadband initiative out there. Think about it, "we don't want to serve the area but we don't want anyone else doing it either!"
And this is the problem, capitalism/market forces only work if competitors are allowed in the area.
I mean, it's as ludicrious to me as if Safeway didn't want to build a supermarket, but could prevent Wegmans or Shure Fine or Joes market from building a store to see if they can make money there.
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