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The $200 Billion Broadband Rip-Off

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where's-my-dsl-dangit dept.

Jamie noted that Cringley has a piece about the US Broadband situation. He talks about where we were and where we are: 'not very fast, not very cheap Internet service that is hurting our ability to compete economically with the rest of the world' and about the $200B the phone companies got to make it that way.

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  1. Re:more evidence by CliffSpradlin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just to be clear, the article is about a supposed $200 billion in GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES. This has nothing to do with the free market..if anything it's the government suppressing market capitalism.

    And beyond that.. this is a fucking Cringely article.

  2. Re:I want broadband/DSL... by ewhenn · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I want to say.. hi... and shut the fuck up.

    Oh no, a private company doesn't want to install lines/hardware to your home. Fucking deal with it, it's their right as a private company.

    Say you ran a pizza shop, you decide where your boundaries for delivery are. After that point, oh well, no deliveries. It's the same thing really. They have their boundaries of service. If you don't like it, that's just a tough break for you.

    I hate how people always think everybody *owes* them something. That isn't the way the world works.

    Since you think it's reasonable to have lines ran to your home and the necessary hardware installed and maintained, why don't you start a company and do it yourself if they aren't willing to? If there REALLY is money to be made there, you should jump at that opportunity.