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said by kamm  :said by TKJunkMail :U.S. Department of Agriculture loan program aimed at shoring up rural broadband. The money will help speed up construction in six of the project's cities Anyone but me notice the absurdity of a Dept of Agriculture loan for RURAL broadband enhancement going to help out deployment in 6 CITIES? Poor Tjunk, you should be very upset that your Comcast buddies won't enjoy their monopoly anymore...  Non-responsive reply. Want to try again?
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| said by TKJunkMail :Non-responsive reply. Want to try again? I'll try, how about the fact the the term "cities" is probably used to represent the zipcode one lives in.
Then there's the off chance that the major employer in these ares is agriculture. Agriculture isn't limited to the growing of good but also the people who are employed by it.
We also have the technical aspect that the infrastructure providing the services on this fiber network is probably based within the cites rather than in billy bob's barn. so they need to spend the money to expand the network to the barn, not from it.
The real answer though is you're just pissed because the government is giving money to another part of government instead of some private investors.
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| The linked article says "six cities" but mentions only five by name. With 2000 Census population numbers, they are:
Lindon 8,363
Payson 12,716
Brigham City 17,411
Centerville 14,585
Tremonton 5,592
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said by firephoto : Then there's the off chance that the major employer in these areas is agriculture. Agriculture isn't limited to the growing of good but also the people who are employed by it. Is there any meddling by the Dept. of Agriculture that's not justified by "addressing the needs of employees of agriculture?" line of reasoning?
Not everybody opposed muni broadband is on the take by the cable companies or the telcos.
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| Again, the program is administered under the Rural Development Program. This programs provides financing for programs for electric, water, telecommunications projects in rural areas.
They provide low interest loans for coops or communities that are over looked by for profit companies that do not see a quick enough return on their investment.
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said by Steve :said by firephoto : Then there's the off chance that the major employer in these areas is agriculture. Agriculture isn't limited to the growing of good but also the people who are employed by it. Is there any meddling by the Dept. of Agriculture that's not justified by "addressing the needs of employees of agriculture?" line of reasoning? Not everybody opposed muni broadband is on the take by the cable companies or the telcos. I'm sure they choose the dept. of agriculture to funnel these broadband funds through because the majority of agriculture jobs are minimum wage jobs. This makes it easy to target low income areas that large internet providers with the resources to build the infrastructure won't touch due to it not being profittable enough when only the single area is taken into account.
I see no reason for any geographic area of the country to be underserved by broadband and these financial incentives from the government help to provide these services in the rural areas. I'm all for a free market where there's no limitations on what one can or cannot do. I also see broadband or any connection to the "internet" as a utility and not something extra. I can choose to not have it or use it but it should be available no matter where one is located. It's no more or less important than a wired telephone.
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said by Nuts :Again, the program is administered under the Rural Development Program. This programs provides financing for programs for electric, water, telecommunications projects in rural areas. They provide low interest loans for coops or communities that are over looked by for profit companies that do not see a quick enough return on their investment. Why shouldn't the people who choose one set of benefits of living in a certain area (nature, clean air, no spam) bear the cost of those choices rather than expect others to pay for their taste in living arrangements?
If I live in the big city, and something in the environment about that choice is expensive (say, parking), should the rural folks subsidize that for me? |
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| said by Steve :Why shouldn't the people who choose one set of benefits of living in a certain area (nature, clean air, nature) bear the cost of those choices rather than expect others to pay for their taste in living arrangements? Here in Oregon the urban schools actually cause a substantial negative flow of tax dollars away from the rural schools.
So I guess THAT sword cuts both ways...eh?
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It takes a lot more money to support an urban area, than a rural. I garantee you that more of my tax money has gone to supporting those that live in cities, especially large cities, than I have ever gotten from them.
Why shouldn't I be able to get some of may tax money that I have paid back in a loan to a member owned to help me earn a better income. Which, by the way, equates back into more tax money for the urban areas to leach from me. |
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said by calvoiper :The linked article says "six cities" but mentions only five by name. With 2000 Census population numbers, they are: Lindon 8,363 Payson 12,716 Brigham City 17,411 Centerville 14,585 Tremonton 5,592 ...all of which are agricultural cities. Although Centerville is not so much anymore. I for one am a proponent of UTOPIA and am happy to see it get this boost.
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said by TKJunkMail :Non-responsive reply. Want to try again? Why should one bother posting constructive answers to your remarks, since 9 times out of 10 you back out of the discussion after your initial post? (See Firephoto's post just below yours, for exemple).
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