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duckie73
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| my 3.5 cents
correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't it our president that stated his goal to work for universal broadband (broadband for every american household) by 2007, and not the FCC?
from what i'm seeing, the so-called "big/corp business minded" republicans that currently hold the majority in the FCC, seem to have been doing a considerable amount to keep the big names in data service providers from gaining too strong of a hold and monopolizing that market, at the same time, trying to keep up with the goal of "universal broadband"
doesnt hurt to actually read up on what has been accomplished, why our statistics compare that way to other countries, rather than taking an excerpt from an editorial in a newspaper as fact
i find it disturbing that Michael Copps is trying to use that medium as if to say "the american people will be gullible enough to believe that since a reputable author has written an editorial, it must be fact"
some of the facts, but only the parts that support the stance he wants the "gullible" people to support
blah blah blah...ok ok...i think i'm just like putting in way more than my 2 cents....
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| said by duckie73  :from what i'm seeing, the so-called "big/corp business minded" republicans that currently hold the majority in the FCC, seem to have been doing a considerable amount to keep the big names in data service providers from gaining too strong of a hold and monopolizing that market, at the same time, trying to keep up with the goal of "universal broadband" LOL!! "Keep the big names from gaining too strong a hold"? How? You mean by APPROVING every Cable and Telco merger possible, while BLOCKING the merger of some of their smaller competitors who were trying to expand their bandwidth and licenses holdings to offer a nationwide broadband alternative? (I'm talking Echostar + DirectTV here, something that BOTH the Cable companies and the Bells DID NOT want, and so SURPRISE it's the only thing the FCC comes out against)...
Encourage universal broadband how? Via one Telecom monopoly, if that monopoly feels like it?
From what I'm seeing it seems like what you're seeing is exactly BACKWARDS from what's been going on.
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said by duckie73 :... from what i'm seeing, ... Therein lies the operative? | |
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