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Universal Broadband Plan Calls For $44 Billion

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-them-download dept.

Andy King writes "The new Obama administration has pledged to deploy next-generation broadband to every community in America, but have offered few specifics. The Free Press have published a specific plan to accomplish broadband for all." I'm not sure which will be the bigger headache when my internet breaks: waiting in line at the new government internet office, or waiting on hold for cable tech support.

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  1. Re:Amendment X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know what?

    AirTunes would be great, if like, you know, AirPort Express and Extreme was the same product. Express cost a little bit to much, wifi sound is cool but why the fuck don't it offer HDD support? Airport Extreme cost even more but atleast you can connect a HDD, but it don't have optical output ... Don't get me started on the retardness of buying time capsule, the 1 TB drive cost like $500 over here ... (For the DRIVE, not for the whole unit.)

    And well, if Apple wasn't retarded and only used it for iTunes instead of all audio output (AirFoil fix this but it should be the default) and it it worked for 5.1 or something such and not only 2.0.

    iTunes = Shitty codec support.
    AirTunes = Good idea, shitty implementation, like everything from Apple.
    Combination == Pay a lot for a weak result thanks to retardness of Apple.

  2. Awesome tagging by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Somebody really tagged this with "story"?

  3. and why he shouldnt ? by unity100 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    give me ANY reason not to respond to an internet troll. what are we gaining by not responding ? all we are doing is to create the impression that noone dare oppose those views, for the uninformed readers. you, me, other communities' members, people who know internet may discern a troll. but many ordinary users will not be able to.

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    1. Re:and why he shouldnt ? by malkir · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      uh actually, you just make the troll look like an asshat by not responding. remember: arguing on the internet is like the special olympics. even if you win, you're still retarded.

  4. Re:Niggers. by zappepcs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Troll? Awesome, thanks for wasting your mod point... wow

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