danarhea

Promises, promises.........

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Kernel Sanders

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danarhea

Absolutely. I voted that one up, too.

rivrrat

Never said it was the domain of the government, I was merely clarifying what the plan likely was. I made no mention of my opinion of it.

As a small government individual, I would think my opinion can be easily guessed though.

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Lerxst

First and foremost I think the government should push for broadband penetration to rural America. The citizens can't just "pay for it." Like cell coverage, broadband infrastructure is market driven. Rolling it out to rural America where the customer base is decidedly smaller is not good for private industry bottom line. And that is why you can't rely on the industry to build out that far. It's just too expensive and the ROI is not there. So we aren't talking about an option of a customer "just paying for it." We aren't just talking about farmers who "already have cell phones." We are talking about rural school districts, small towns, small governments, etc. It's not just a luxury.

Broadband internet is a very viable next generation infrastructure. There is no reason not to push it out everywhere. Anymore business relies on it heavily, it's an alternate means for establishing telephony, is a great educational tool, it's critical for modernizing processes from all areas of government...this list goes on.

Regarding obsolescence that is simply not true. In the case of building out infrastructure to carry open source, open architecture broadband service...the infrastructure is agnostic. It's a transportation device. When talking about air cards and cell service, you are talking about an issue of infrastructure coverage that is not there. I work with dozens of rural organization building out RF networks for public safety. Cell service is spotty and rarely reliable because there is no real revenue potential there.

This fight is being picked simply to pick it. And Obama isn't the first proponent of rural broadband legislation. It's been heavily carried at the state and federal level.

Bottom line, propagating broadband access is good government. To say otherwise is simply speaking from ignorance.

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mikhail

Is it the governments place to ensure farmers get given money to make food that rots in warehouses?

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Lerxst

Red herring there mik.