calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to wtansill
Re: ....
...and ieolus totally ignores the fact that the government efforts to provide "universal service" in telecom have become nothing more than slush funds supporting companies running telecom exchanges which, years ago, were deemed "rural", ignoring whether or not today they are rich resort areas or densely populated suburbs.
"Universal service" has become as corrupt as other government subsidy programs including crop and tobacco support payments--now going to enterprises often formed around the concept of milking the government payment stream.
calvoiper
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Alpine
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join:2000-01-11
Atlanta, GA
| reply to ieolus
said by ieolus  :The government (whether Federal, State, or Local) does quite well providing universal services to the citizens. It is pure right-wing bullshit to say what you said. Hehe... It's hilarious to me to see all of these fools complaining about the FCC, a government entity, and then in the next breath calling for the government to run a nation-wide network for Internet. Does it not strike you how ridiculous that sounds?
The same socialists cry and whine about the lack of "competition" and then beg the govnerment to take care of everything. So we go from at least some competition (the extent of which is debatable) to a single-entity as pathetically inefficient as the government running the 'net. "Shut down the corporations!" they say.
Maybe I'm alone in not wanting the govnerment to control internet, phone, video, etc. Where did all of the bitching about privacy go?
You can't have it both ways...
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wtansill
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join:2000-10-10
Falls Church, VA
| reply to ieolus
said by ieolus :Funny, you seem to have electricity as you are connected to the Internet... The government (whether Federal, State, or Local) does quite well providing universal services to the citizens. It is pure right-wing bullshit to say what you said. Damn -- and here all this time I thought that the utility providing my electricity was Dominion Virginia Power. At least that's the entity to which my checks have been written. And yet all along it was the "gubmint"...
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ieolus
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join:2001-06-19
Duluth, GA
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Funny, you seem to have electricity as you are connected to the Internet...
The government (whether Federal, State, or Local) does quite well providing universal services to the citizens. It is pure right-wing bullshit to say what you said.
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