Rob
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Re: Great, but what he fails to mention..
said by morbo  :i've said it before, but i also envision a time in the not too near future, where telcos (mainly AT&T), will cry for more corporate welfare to help them build their infrastructure. the american public must resist this plea. I envision a similar thing, however, in mine it goes a little like this:
Public/Gov: Why o why is our broadband so slow? Why are we ranking so low on the broadband list compared to other countries? Why do we have slow and outdated broadband?
AT&T: We tried deploying our [slow as a snail] Uverse service by taking a shortcut and not going FTTH to save us money but the only thing it did was cost us more.
Public/Gov: Well then you better have 100% deployment of FTTH by 2020!
AT&T: We can't afford it. We spent all our money on Uverse and gifts to politicians who are now dead.
Public/Gov: That's not our problem.
AT&T: The hell it isn't! We're a regulated company. blah blah blah, we need more gov funding.
Public/Gov: Ok ok! How much? $100 million? You have to pay it back to us 150 years. Deal?
AT&T: NO DEAL! We want $100 million + the ability to be the ONLY HSI provider in the area. Give us what we want, or we keep America behind. In exhchange, we'll promise to bring FTTH to "selected markets" in 2 years and 100% deployment of "Internet Services" within the next 10(0) years. Further, we'll give a free swimming pool to each county.
Gov: OK Deal!
...
repeat every 50 years.
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