No, I'm sure it is worth it. But once the door is open, you can never shut it again. Look at your phone bill, and your power bill. Now look at your bandwidth bill. You think bandwidth to the home is expensive in this country now, just wait until bandwidth is deemed an "essential service" or worse, a "right" by the government.
-M@ On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Drew <[email protected]> wrote: > Donald, > Do you mean the quality of the audio is poor, or that it takes too long to > actually listen to an audio segment? > I like audio because you get a better sense of tone and intent from > listening to how and what was said. > It is real time though ;-). > > Matt, there are all sorts of little tolls and charges for this or that, > some of which are dubious and add up. > This one though I think might be worth it. We'll see. > > Drew > > > On Friday, October 07, 2011 10:58 AM, "Donald Johnson" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Audio is NEVER better. audio is so sloooooooow > > > --- On Fri, 10/7/11, Matt Fanady <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Matt Fanady <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [SCFN] The FCC's new plan to fund rural broadband > To: "SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 10:55 AM > > Ya, I saw that today. I don't have any problem subsidizing internet > access in rural areas, I just don't want my bandwidth bill to look like my > phone bill, where every year it seems a new "fee" or "surcharge" is added to > fund some politicians pet project. > > -M@ > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Drew > <[email protected]<http://us.mc811.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > A Piece on Marketplace (NPR) about redirecting the Universal Service > Fund away from rural telephone service, to rural broadband. > The audio link is better than the written piece. > > > http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/10/07/tech-report-fccs-new-plan-to-fund-broadband/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > SoCalFreeNet.org General Discussion List > To unsubscribe, please visit: > http://socalfreenet.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_socalfreenet.org >
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