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How Much Does a New Internet Cost?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the someone-call-al-gore dept.

wschalle writes "Given the recent flurry of articles concerning ISP over subscription, increasing bandwidth needs, and lack of infrastructure spending on the part of cable companies, I'm forced to wonder, what is the solution? How much would a properly upgraded internet backbone cost? How long would it take to make it happen? Will the cable companies step up before Verizon's FiOS becomes the face of broadband in America?"

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  1. Don't clog the tubes! by Rinisari · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, we gotta figure the cost of laying down the new tubing, maybe even cutting some bigger holes in our houses. I figure if we expand the tubes from the current quarter inch to oh, four inches or so, we won't clog them with all our crap.

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    Colin Dean Go a year without DRM
  2. Greetings from Europe. by nlitement · · Score: 0, Troll

    The damned "problems" you're talking about exists.. tadaaa, Only In America!(tm). So, start lobbying or something. Because we're enjoying some really awesome internets.. hahahaha..