19 Million Americans Cannot Get Broadband Access

First time accepted submitter paullopez writes "The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced during its eighth annual broadband progress report on the state of broadband/Internet access in America, that 19 million Americans still do not have access to high-speed broadband above the 3Mbps threshold. However, the report also detailed the advances the progress that is being made, including 'LTE deployment by mobile networks.'" Also at SlashCloud.

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Re:LTE

[johnlcallaway]

Really?? What exactly is 'behind'?? Phones?? No one has a land line anymore, of course there is no reason to improve it. DSL?? Requires too many costly substations. Cable?? US was one of the first to install in many locations because people here had money and time to spend on entertainment. Now it costs more money to upgrade the technology. And there are a LOT of lines to upgrade. OK .. I don't have fiber. But I can still stream NetFlix and get acceptable speed on everything I do. Just because it's not as fast as it could be doesn't mean it's not 'good enough'.

And really .. WTF?? Anyone can search google and do most web browsing just fine with a 3Mb/s line. OK . .they can't get video. Tough shit. I'm not willing to subsidize their internet access so they can watch Jersey Shore on their PC. YouTube videos are mostly crap. TED is elitist/visionary crap.

If it was that important to these folks, they could band together and get service. But .. they would have to pay for it. I know of places in Tempe, AZ where cable isn't present, but people can get DSL. Cable isn't there because it used to be mostly business, and the cable company didn't think it was necessary to run lines. Now that it has some residents in it, they are all up-in-arms about no cable. But Cox cable has told them that if they are willing to pay thousands of dollars, they will run the cables. Otherwise, use DSL and DirectTV. Now that sounds like competition to me....

Just more socialist propaganda. They spout all the 'good' that could come of it, but the reality is most people use their internet service to use facebook, post opinions on things that very few will read (like Slashdot) and other meaningless drivel. Many libraries now have free Internet, so kids can get access to do research if they need to. And 3Mb/s is more than enough to do research.

So really .. WTF? Give me just one reason why millions should have their taxes or cable bills increased so a few can have better service.