Mrq5
The Fab Four
join:1999-08-21
Warren, MI
| "Telecom operators are in a different situation. If their DSL product is too fast, it will cannibalize their lucrative business of renting out fiber optic lines."
I have been conveying this exact problem with Telco's controlling DSL efforts. This is the conflict of interest. DSL could be much better, however the Telco's are reluctant to UNLEASH the full power of current DSL. It always seemed so obvious to me that Telco's would hurt their other high-end data services if DSL was FULLY optimized for the masses of residential users.
Personally I feel BB is to powerful for it to be controlled by pure profit motifs. BB is simply an infrastructure that has the pontential to make HUGE improvements in the quality of life including health-care, education, communicating, entertainment, Goverment services, etc... The FED needs to get on the ball and stop the Telco's of milking their ancient high-end data services. Somehow the FED needs to set up incentives to encourage BB to everyone, including rural & urban cities. No1 should be left out, to much at stake IMO. Of course the Telcos will have to actually work harder to earn profit, but the U.S. communities are really falling behind in the infrastructure. While other countries expand BB with higher speeds, us folks in the U.S. will still fall further behind. It should be the FED's responsiblity to ensure that quality/high-speed BB is made available to everyone. Every1 should be afforded the ability to work from home, engage in Online Seminars, attend Online Colleges, collaborative projects, etc... all of which BB makes the above activities FAR more a reality. Its funny, many in my IT dept who CANT get BB must come into work when on-call due to the connection being awful slow using dial-up via our VPN network(VPN's usually takes quite a bit of overhead). Those who are LUCKY to have BB are able to connect without any problem from home, this just isnt fair:)
Of course some Telco Fanboy will ignore the obvious and attempt to refute using only dollar & cents. Just as any other infrastructure project in our U.S. history, BB is just too important to allow ONLY profits to dictate. Believe it or not BB can be more than just a luxury, even for the average Joe who doesnt know it yet. The average Joe might not have a clue what all BB can offer but surely the good folks at FCC does, hopefully the FCC will shift into 3rd gear.
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