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FCC Chair Says Broadband Top Goal
Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "FCC chairman Kevin Martin says 'his top goal is to increase Americans access to high-speed Internet,' the Wall Street Journal reports. 'Late last week, he began circulating plans to loosen rules so neither phone nor cable companies will be required to share their Internet connections with competitors like America Online, a change that essentially would create a duopoly in many local markets. He also embraces the idea that local governments should be allowed to offer wireless Internet services, at least in rural areas where some phone and cable companies balk at providing high-speed service.' The Journal also has a transcript of its interview with Martin, in which he discusses indecency and whether broadcast rules should also apply to satellite and cable."
remove all restrictions. Allow municipal wifi.
Remove all restrictions... and get the tax-payer to subsidise it...
AN interesting approach.
US... Health care for the rich... Wi-Fi for everyone.
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
Nothing is free. Who will pay for it? You do not free power, water, gas, or place to live why free bandwidth.
And let me tell you, the coin-op streetlight outside my house is a great idea. Now it's only on when people really need it. And thank god they closed down that library. What a waste of taxpayer dollars when there's a bookstore right at the mall!
I'm not quite as happy with them changing 911 to a 900 number, or selling off the public parks, or the pay-per-view stoplights, but I know that a market economy is the only successful way to arrange things. I wouldn't want people to think I'm a communist, though, so I keep quiet about my gripes.