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Telcos Want Big Subsidies, Not Line-Sharing
It seems that a recent survey of global broadband practices by Harvard's Berkman Center at the behest of the FCC has stirred the telecommunications hornet's nest. Both AT&T and Verizon are up in arms about some of the conclusions (except the ones that suggest offering large direct public subsidies). "Harvard's Berkman Center study of global broadband practices, produced at the FCC's request, is an 'embarrassingly slanted econometric analysis that violates professional statistical standards and is insufficiently reliable to provide meaningful guidance,' declares AT&T. The study does nothing but promote the lead author's 'own extreme views,' warns a response from Verizon Wireless. Most importantly, it 'should not be relied upon by the FCC in formulating a National Broadband Plan,' concludes the United States Telecom Association. Reviewing the slew of criticisms, Berkman's blog wryly notes that the report seems to have been 'a mini stimulus act for telecommunications lawyers and consultants.'"
I'm glad something finally brought AT&T and Verizon together, I hate it when big corporations get in fights. Also, fuck you both for calling the U.S. innovators in wireless broadband, we are in the middle of the pack at best in broadband services.
If the big telcos hate it, I like it.
"...direct government encouragement can facilitate deployment and drive penetration."
I can't find it, but the old Italian's speech in Catch-22 sums it up best; what good is it being a superpower if you are always caught in a state of conflict and you're always in economic turmoil as a consequence? Nobody ever bothers Lichtenstein.
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
Pizza with the government cheese!
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-Verizon
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fortunately, the 'corporates and uber-rich' are the ones who sign paychecks, so what's good for them winds up being good for everyone else too.
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I completely agree.
If the government would make me uber-rich, it would help everybody!
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