wolfhouse
join:2001-03-01
Union City, NJ
| reply to oliphant
Re: how 'bout busting a myth rant?
said by oliphant  :What do these statistics say about availability? NOTHING. Just because people don't WANT it doesn't mean they can't GET it. This is true, but this might also be a reflection of the quality/price of the broadband. I think THIS is definitely an issue with broadband in the US right now. It is not that fast, and it is often more expensive than what you would get in other countries. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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join:2004-11-26
Corona, CA
| But we don't know...it could just as easily and IMO more likely that we have other sources for entertainment and information so broadband isn't needed, thus not as "wanted".
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wolfhouse
join:2001-03-01
Union City, NJ
| said by oliphant :But we don't know...it could just as easily and IMO more likely that we have other sources for entertainment and information so broadband isn't needed, thus not as "wanted". Once again I don't want to speculate about the availability number, but the quality is certainly not up to par. That is a fact. |
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oliphant
I Have 8 Boobies
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Corona, CA | Quality isn't up to par based on what? Do you have reliability statistics to share? They weren't part of this study.
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WAR HAS NEVER SOLVED ANYTHING, except ending slavery, facism, communism, Nazism.... |
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Leod
join:2005-11-07
Baton Rouge, LA
| If Americans didn't want it, the number of subscriptions wouldn't be growing as much as it has. It'd be shrinking or be fairly stagnant right? Verizon probably wouldn't even bother with their FIOS service yet (though, FIOS can and does provide other services other than pure internet access.) People wouldn't be voting to put in fiber in their own communities if they were satisfied. People simply aren't satisfied with the money they are paying for the service they are getting. You may disagree that a government based solution is the right one but you can't dismiss that people have voted for it in their respective communities. There are simply too many benefits for faster broadband that we shouldn't or even can't ignore. While I don't expect your opinion to change over a simple forum reply, I do think you should think from the other side of things. |
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