socalnative
@dialsprint.net
| reply to AR
Re: So little green.. all red
The government ought to reregulate the telecommunications industry. Look at this map, and you can see what deregulation has caused. Free Market and competition is the best way to get broadband to the masses---my foot it is. With something as important to the economy of our nation and it's future as this is, it should not be left up to a few greedy execs to deploy it. Many government agencies, such as the Rural Electrification Agency and the Tennessee Valley Authority brought power to people who probably would never got it if left up to greedy power companies. We the People, remember that famous saying? How about promote the general welfare? We should all be in this together, Americans helping Americans. If Money and Greed are allowed to rule things such as this, we will fall behind other nations, and will suffer for it. Do we want to become like India where there are the haves and have nots, and no crossing between the two? I was shocked when the new FCC chairman said about it that is was like a Mercedes, I would like one, but I can't afford one. What else can you expect from an administration that was funded by Oil and Money. |
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dsl_boy
join:2000-11-21
| said by socalnative:
What else can you expect from an administration that was funded by Oil and Money.
I understand your position, and I can certainly sympathize, but just out of curiosity, how do you "fund" without "fund[ing] by ... Money"? |
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2Drnk2Fsh$
join:2001-01-29
Bryant, AR
| reply to socalnative
You are exactly right. DSL is deregulated. This means that no one has to provide DSL at a certain price and no one has to provide service in rural areas.
Left up to the poor CLEC, DSL will never make it out of the metropolitan areas where the "GRAVY" is. That is, the highly and densely populated areas.
The only chance for rural customers is if the evil ILEC decides to upgrade the Outside Plant Network and the Central offices.
Once this is done, you may see a few CLEC's come in and offer DSL accross the upgraded ILEC facilities. While doing this, the CLEC is sure to complain about the ILEC trying to sabatoge him.
I am sure you will not see too many companies competing to build an Outside Plant Network in Bumfuzzal, CA to give DSL to all 12 of it's residents.
Imagine if telephone service had not been regulated. The green dots would not be DSL but rather dial tone. No one wanted to provide service in rural areas, they were forced to do so.
Thanks to the government, this is not the case with DSL. If you live in a rural area good luck. |
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Anon |  I live in a very rural region and have had adsl for a year and a half with little in the way of problems.Now I'm waiting for VOD to arrive by the end of the year. We're real
green here so give us a big dot. |
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