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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:For A Start by ivan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The real problem is that the most they can sell you is an "8meg" connection (it's not *really* 8meg because it's asymmetric).

    1999 called. It wants it's internet connection back.

  2. Re:more evidence by toppavak · · Score: 4, Funny

    Er... the telecom industry represents completely unbridled market capitalism?

  3. Must be the pot... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...that gives them all those strange ideas.

  4. Blame it on spammers... by 3seas · · Score: 3, Funny

    The band width you are not getting is because spammers are getting it...

  5. Re:For A Start by Citizen+of+Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    A law company doesn't work for 3 hours and charge you for 30.

    Gee, and you were doing so well with the other examples...