That's where incentives are needed. I know you're conservative, but do
you object to tax incentives and subsidies to bring the US up to speed
with other developed countries so we can compete educationally and
industrially?
I object to a lot of things that the government does with my
money, especially lately. I'm not in the car industry, I build
products that (some) people actually want, at a fair price.
It seems to me that to ask people who don't want a thing to pay
for it anyway, however indirectly, is unreasonable.
Universal broadband might look something like universal service
did. Notice that words like "nationalisation" and "monopoly"
and so forth seem to crop up a lot in that discussion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury_Commitment
The whole point of (partially) deregulating the industry was to
spur competition and encourage innovation. It worked, to an
extent. But it tended to work against the interests of those who
benefitted most directly from universal service.
The telcos NEVER made money from residential dialtone, and
it remains heavily regulated. We have no choice but to provide
it but it remains a cost of doing business.
Broadband is a different story but even in that arena franchise
agreements have to be negotiated with entities as small as
counties, cities, etc. just to gain the approval needed to begin
building a network.
It can be quite frustrating to deal with all of this 8-O.
What sort of regulations would you propose to implement a
universal broadband policy?
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