Putting the myriad of issues related to government control, net neutrality, increase and dissemination of crapware, botnets, etc I actually look forward to the increase of speeds across the nation. I live in NYC, one of the outer boroughs specifically, and it's purely and absurdly ridiculous that I have to succumb to Time warner's Joke of "High-Speed": 10 Mbps Down and 512K up. It's laughable that I truly have no other choice and if nothing else, the plan will provide and mandate Big telco, small telco, to deliver much higher speeds across the board. Even as we speak there are services such as Boxee, Vonage, iTunes, bitTorrent, Xbox Live that just keep becoming more and more prevelant and chewing up bandwidth. And i don't need to tell you folks how in the world is a 512K line suppose to cope? It's only a matter of time where Internet truly becomes a utility and it isn't a stretch that the following makes sense:
Chief among its goals, the F.C.C. wants future broadband investment to be targeted to the areas where gaps in service remain. It will direct this investment in part through the Universal Service Fund, an $8 billion-a-year program for telephone and Internet access paid through a phone-bill surcharge. Over time, the subsidies for Internet will increase and those for phone will dissipate, with the knowledge that people can make calls over the Internet. On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > The question was limited, so I answered as asked. > > Point noted and respectfully disagreed with, except to note that the > Constitution is well conceived but poorly written, though it was the > best that could be done at the time - perhaps that's where our > agreement might lay. > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 16:42, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Your set is too limited. > > All administrations are about more government, where we can have a > > discussion is the degree to which the administration in question > expanded > > government. Even going back to Washington. No disrespect to the > founding > > fathers intended, it's the nature of the beast. > > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Yup. > >> > >> Both Bush and Obama are all about more government. > >> > >> Didn't like either one, and still don't. > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 12:06, Ray <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > And were you equally unhappy during the last administration? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > From: Bill Lambert [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:47 PM > >> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >> > Subject: RE: National broadband > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Another huge spending project by our leadership…and government > >> > intervention > >> > into our private lives. This, like the healthcare bill, is the start > of > >> > centralized control over our lives. If you think that this is just a > >> > method to give poor folks access, think again. This to me is the > start > >> > of > >> > the American version of socialism. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > I detest what our current leadership is doing to this country. But, > >> > hey, > >> > it’s just me…sorry if I offended or took it too far off topic but I am > >> > angry > >> > with it all…. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Bill Lambert > >> > > >> > Concuity > >> > > >> > Phone 847-941-9206 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > The information contained in this e-mail message, including any > attached > >> > files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the > >> > recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or > >> > authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby > >> > notified > >> > that you have received this communication in error and that any > review, > >> > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly > >> > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please > >> > contact > >> > the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. > Thank > >> > you. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:39 PM > >> > To: NT System Admin Issues > >> > Subject: National broadband > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thoughts, comments? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > http://www.broadband.gov/ > >> > > >> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > >> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > >> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
