Hello All,
Having read the article, this is not about higher taxes guys...
It's about competition. Free market competition, which isn't occurring
in the broadband market in the US. This also isn't about fast internet
for the 1%, like me who has fiber in Westchester that is 5Mb/2Mb for
$35/month. This is going to be a bigger problem, much BIGGER. Such as if
the internet was developed and fostered in Asia/Europe. We need to keep
the USA competitive, hence the purpose of getting fast broadband to all.
The internet is going to grow the economy through online business and
education.
Question for all you folks... how much $$$ was used for the
Philly Muni Wireless? A big fat $0!!!! Read the article, before you post
about taxes & muni wireless. Also, here's another good blurb from the
article...
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0601.podesta.html
Community Internet has the potential to revolutionize and democratize
communications in this country. And that may be the reason why big cable
and telephone companies and their political allies have launched a
sophisticated misinformation campaign. These companies and their
coin-operated think tanks generally make three paradoxical arguments
against municipal broadband. First, they contend that municipalities
have no place in the "free market." Of course, the cable and telephone
giants don't mention that their own monopolies-which control 98 percent
of the broadband market-have been cemented with extensive public
subsidies, tax breaks and incentives (as well as free rein to tear up
city streets). Verizon, for instance, didn't complain last fall when
Pennsylvania handed them subsidies for broadband deployment worth nearly
10 times what Wireless Philadelphia will cost. Neither did Comcast
object when Philadelphia approved a $30 million grant to build a
skyscraper that will house its headquarters. To the incumbent providers,
"unfair competition" means any competition at all.
-Ben
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