Precisely. The Internet was created using public tax dollars and then given away by corrupt politicians to greedy corporations. The public has been on the short end of battle after battle. What you are seeing in the US is the result of media consolidation and the giving away and selling of our public infrastructure to the highest bidder.
The final battle is the one over network neutrality. Now that these greedy corporations have seized control of 94% of US broadband their next steps are to meter your access, jack up prices, and make it difficult for you to reach services that are not run by their buiness partners. Reregulation and forceful management of the public trust is the only solution. Sending a few crooks to jail would be nice too. >On NPR there was a story claiming the US was a winner initially in the >lineup of those nations affording access to broadband internet being amongst >the top 4 while now we are 15th behing Luxembourg ...I know this for sure >having recently visited Belgium where just about everyone has it (even cell >phone access is cheap and 5 bars even in the littlest backwater village in >the mountains). Here in NJ, the most populous state in the nation, I live >45 minutes from Philadelphia and can only get Comcast cable (I'd rather eat >dirt than deal with that bunch!!) with DSL & FIOS not even on the planning >boards!! ...huh?? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
