Net Neutrality and Unlimited Broadband might be upon us!!!!

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NinjaKido said:

Words Of Wisdom said:

It's simply not cost effective at this point over an area as large as the United States that isn't as densely populated as other countries.

Combine that with the fact that our cable companies are already dragging their heels on technology in the first place and it becomes an even larger problem.

We don't need to be paying millions of dollars to build poor infrastructure in far off places with maybe 10,000 people.  It's not feasible today and re-laying better infrastructure in those places will still be unfeasible in the foreseeable future.  The government needs to fund research to look into better technologies for those areas that are easier and more cost efficient to deploy IMO.

If we don't have the current tools to solve a problem correctly then we shouldn't waste money trying to solve it using the current tools, we should invest in better tools.

But who's to say that these tools will ever be availible?  or if they do become availible how do we know they'll be more cost effective than the one's we have availible right now ?. Delaying infastructure in the hope that you might find a better way to create it in the future is a gamble and considering how neccasery/useful the internet is to the average developed country individual it could be considered to big a risk to continue waiting..I think people deprived of proper internet access is a poverty or sorts.

 

In a few areas they are testing relatively new network technology, BPL, where the network signal is broadcast through the power lines. There is very little infrastructure setup cost since the lines are already run and could service large areas or densely populated areas at the same cost. The only thing they have to do is pay for special units that are placed within the houses and on power lines. Part of the reason why this service fails, is that braodband over cable or fiber optic is much faster for the same price. However, if you're out in the middle of nowhere, it seems like it would work well enough.

Also, internet for home use isn't a necessity, it is a luxury. Just like cell phones, cable tv, and lots of other things people take for granted. For business use, it is a different story.