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WSJ Says Gov't Money Injection Won't Help Broadband

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-they-can-pay-with-free-money dept.

olddotter writes "According to the WSJ, The US government is about to spend $10 Billion to make little difference in US broadband services: 'More fundamentally, nothing in the legislation would address the key reason that the US lags so far behind other countries. This is that there is an effective broadband duopoly in the US, with most communities able to choose only between one cable company and one telecom carrier. It's this lack of competition, blessed by national, state and local politicians, that keeps prices up and services down.' Get ready for USDA certified Grade A broadband."

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  1. Right Wing Nuts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    WSJ is parroting Right Wing talking points.

    Anything government spending -> Bad.
    Anything Tax Cuts -> Panacea for all ills.

    Don't listen. Read a real economist instead Here http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/

    1. Re:Right Wing Nuts by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Shh, everybody knows that the Good People of our small towns and countryside deserve to be subsidized by the evil sodomite communists that live in the cities, because they are just so virtuous. That's why we have the farm bill, and rural telcom subsidies...

    2. Re:Right Wing Nuts by Duradin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Sometimes I wish you free market nuts would get exactly what you are wishing for, though only after I have sufficient supplies and ammunition to ride out the ensuing dark age.

  2. Big Surprise by Reikk · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The WSJ is a newspaper written by a bunch of neocon wankers. They don't think government can help with anything.

    1. Re:Big Surprise by UberMorlock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      The WSJ is a newspaper written by a bunch of war-mongering, anti-civil-liberties wankers.

      There, fixed that for you.

  3. Re:stuff that matters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    the same people responsible for the global financial collapse.

    Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Nancy Pelosi?

  4. Re:stuff that matters by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes. Those 3 people are the only ones to blame.

    --
    "But this one goes to 11!"
  5. Re:I used to read the WSJ by IchNiSan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oddly enough, most so-called "conservatives" today are actually ignorant jackasses from East Bumfuck or Hicksville.

    There, fixed that for ya!

    It really is too bad that real conservatives let them get away with calling themselves conservatives.