Great. Hang onto your wallets, guys. It's gonna get rocky. When you hear these guys say we gotta "do something about it", it means hand over massive piles of money to "real" business (ie, telcos).
There's nothing here about entreprenurial types being the stars of the internet spread, it's "the failure of government to make it happen". "The solution to our broadband crisis must ultimately involve public-private initiatives like those that built the railroad, highway and telephone systems. Combined with an overhaul of our universal service system to make sure it is focusing on the needs of broadband, this represents our best chance at recapturing our leadership position." This means nothing other than some big business being given a monopoly and getting into bed with the government. < pounds head on desk... People get what they vote for...why, oh why...don't they learn > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:37 AM Subject: [WISPA] America's InternetDisconnect > FCC Commissioner Mike Copps writes an editorial for the Wash. Post > > http://tinyurl.com/ymuanq > > America's Internet Disconnect > > By Michael J. Copps > Wednesday, November 8, 2006; Page A27 > > America's record in expanding broadband communication is so poor that it > should be viewed as an outrage by every consumer and businessperson in the > country. Too few of us have broadband connections, and those who do pay too > much for service that is too slow. It's hurting our economy, and things are > only going to get worse if we don't do something about it. > > The United States is 15th in the world in broadband penetration, according > to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). When the ITU measured a > broader "digital opportunity" index (considering price and other factors) we > were 21st -- right after Estonia. Asian and European customers get home > connections of 25 to 100 megabits per second (fast enough to stream > high-definition video). Here, we pay almost twice as much for connections > that are one-twentieth the speed. > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
