Making universal broadband service a reality

[unknownroad]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Farmers can telecommute? Traffic must be a bitch in rural Kansas.

Really decided to run with the gross display of ignorance thing, eh?

Originally Posted by Sean

So now Netflix is an inalienable right?

Totally.

What we're talking about is investing public funds in modern communications infrastructure via grants and loans. Infrastructure = public good.

[Amorok]

I know a bunch of people who died from cancer. We could put more money into cancer research, but instead we drop coin on this? If you life too far out for cable get DirectTV and fuck off. Nowhere does life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness preclude you having to wait a few extra seconds for your porn to download. Common sense people.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by unknownroad

Really decided to run with the gross display of ignorance thing, eh?
.

What ignorance? You're the one who came up with some bullshit example about "motorcycle parts dealers" in rural bumble fuck and how you can buy parts bikes cheap and sell them on Ebay (tax free by the way so that's giong to help us greatly) and how someone needs broadband to do that.

Motorcycle parts???
http://www.bikersindex.com/junkyards.html
They better get some broadband for all that HD flash shit you need to view the webpage.

Copper and Fiberoptic cables are very expensive by themselves. The cost to put that stuff up or bury it is pretty big too. I wonder how much it'd cost to just get locates for 10miles of copper to some jokers house in the middle of South Carolina?

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

What ignorance? You're the one who came up with some bullshit example about "motorcycle parts dealers" in rural bumble fuck and how you can buy parts bikes cheap and sell them on Ebay (tax free by the way so that's giong to help us greatly) and how someone needs broadband to do that.

Motorcycle parts???
http://www.bikersindex.com/junkyards.html
They better get some broadband for all that HD flash shit you need to view the webpage.

Copper and Fiberoptic cables are very expensive by themselves. The cost to put that stuff up or bury it is pretty big too. I wonder how much it'd cost to just get locates for 10miles of copper to some jokers house in the middle of South Carolina?

Existing infrastructure is all that is needed really. Adsl uses existing phone lines, I don`t see the big deal..

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-adsl.htm

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

and how you can buy parts bikes cheap and sell them on Ebay (tax free by the way, so that's giong to help us greatly)

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Tmall

Existing infrastructure is all that is needed really. Adsl uses existing phone lines, I don`t see the big deal..

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-adsl.htm

So we are trying to get high speed internet service to people who don't even have a telephone?

[Tmall]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

So we are trying to get high speed internet service to people who don't even have a telephone?

I'd call you an idiot, but I don't want anyone thinking I called you smart..

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Tmall

I'd call you an idiot, but I don't want anyone thinking I called you smart..

Smittie, despite the fact that you're only 20 something, and by definition, don't know jack shit about fuck all, you seem to have an almost eerie fascination with the 1950's.

Computers? What the hell would farmers do with computers?

Do you know any farmers? I do. You know what they want?

Information.

Weather, crop prices, crop futures projections, suppliers, buyers, parts, equipment, veterinary advice, about a million other things, and yes, pictures of Brittany Spear's pussy on TMZ.

You spend your life on a tractor, you'll jack off to anything.

So, unless you like jizz in your Post Toasties, I suggest you get with fucking program, buy a goddamn calender, and let some corn making motherfuckers watch some porn.

Dickhead.

JC

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by Amorok

I know a bunch of people who died from cancer. We could put more money into cancer research, but instead we drop coin on this? If you life too far out for cable get DirectTV and fuck off. Nowhere does life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness preclude you having to wait a few extra seconds for your porn to download. Common sense people.

The porn part is funny but its not just about that. I know people that have died from cancer as well. I agree that with money being put into that. I also know someone that has a father that passed away with aids. Money could be put into that as well. But it doesn't mean that money can't be put into this as well.

James

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Avatard

OK, 101...just for you, so you don't get your tinfoil hat all akilter:

Did you ever think that the government realizes how important to the economy the Internet is? That they realize that by expanding access to broadband, it increases the economy? Driving up the tax base?

Aha...that last part was just for you, 101.

Feel better about it now?

Yeah sure....but EVERYONE can already purchase high speed broadband from a private company for as little as 20 bucks a month. And the more people who purchase the service will force companies to build more towers and offer higher speeds via the competition if they wish to work for our dollars.

There is a basic concept you don't seem to understand, which is competition. Without competition, there is little incentive for companies to produce better products.

Again the government is not the answer to this...