I wonder why it's not like that here. Oh, right, no national broadband
policy with conservatives fighting against it at every turn--for no good
reason, just to be against something.
I'm wondering who these hypothetical conservatives are that seem to be
the demons in this passion play. You know I'm conservative, but more
often than not I agree with you.
You should know that I'm a capitalist and a technocrat, but it seems
that you cast the argument in terms of why something should be done
rather than the nitty-gritty issues of why it is difficut to do it.
I can explain until my face turns blue what it actually takes, from as
technical and financial standpoints as you like, the requirements to
achieve the objective. That's what I do for a living, achieve objectives.
So what is the objective?
Universal brodband in the USA. I 100% agree with you on this. That
is the desiderata. But how does one achieve this, and what constitutes
"broadband". How do you define it? Is it 3 mbps? Is it 100 mbps?
Is it 1 gbps? Look at the report that was posted earlier. Is it anything
better than dialup? I can roughly tell you how much it would cost to do
any of this if you give me something to go on.
Betty, believe it or not I'm an expert at doing this. I'm not political.
I'm maybe not even a Republican. I'm just trying to inject some sense
here. You can wave the flags of other nations like an expert, but
nowhere have you defined the network in clear and practical terms.
Smarter people than me and you wrestle with this, but only I am actually
building out. Because I'm a good soldier and I was given a clear
order to do it. "Make it so."
Yes there are challenges and difficulties. But the bottom line is that
I'm doing it, with private capital, and I'm doing it as fast as I can.
Because that is the future. You want it now, that's understandable.
But what is it that you actually want. Read the report. Remember that
the government hasn't specified any standards on this. To be
absolutely truthful I'm making the standards up as I go along. Yes they
are technically excellent.
If it makes you uncomfortable that a corporation can set a standard in
the marketplace if ideas, without a government interfering, then just
say so. I sell what I have to sell.
Everything that comes out of the government on this so far has been
hot air and wishful thinking. I sell product. I tell you what it is, I
tell
you if it is available, and I give you a price. I give you a choice.
That's about it for now.
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