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FCC Commish - US Playing 'Russian Roulette' with Broadband

Posted by Zonk on from the with-more-than-one-bullet dept.

LarryBoy writes "In a speech given at the YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps lambasted US broadband policy, saying that the US is 'playing "Russian roulette with broadband and Internet and more traditional media."' Copps also took issue with an op-ed piece ('Broadband Baloney') by fellow commissioner Robert McDowell last week. 'In his speech, Copps didn't mention McDowell by name, but he did claim that broadband in the US is "so poor that every citizen in the country ought to be outraged." Back when then OECD said that we were number four in the world, he said, no one objected to its methodology. Copps also had fighting words for those who blame the US broadband problems on our less-dense population; Canada, Norway, and Sweden are ranked above us, but all are less dense than the US. Besides, this argument implies that broadband is absolutely super within American urban areas. Copps noted, though, that his own broadband connection in Washington, DC was "nothing compared to Seoul."'"

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  1. Because it's Bushes fault! by HornWumpus · · Score: -1, Troll

    Didn't you read the summary. This is a bunch of nutjobs complaining that life isn't FAIR.

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    John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
  2. Re:The real problem ... by StringBlade · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now, nearly all are simple mouth pieces of the republican party (and will probably turn shrill when the dems win).

    At least we still have reality on our side...since it's well know that it has a liberal bias.

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  3. FUCK KDAWSON! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    hasn't anyone kicked that fucktard to he nutsack recently?

  4. YearlyKos Convention? Guess what he is! by tjstork · · Score: -1, Troll

    I mean really.. Puhlease... the YearlyKos Convention? Yet another band of wild eyed liberals looking to try and steal taxpayer dollars and write laws to force people to do things that they are unable to do themselves.

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