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

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ssj12 said:

mrstickball said:
There are better ways to do it than lay down cable in remote areas, IMO.

I think Sprint, and some of the other 3G providers have the right idea. It's what I'm using now for rural broadband - rather than lay down expensive cables, use the current cell phone infrastructure, and improve it, to support broadband-speed access for users in remote areas.

I am unsure if the govt. getting involved in broadband is the proper thing to do. But if it's proven to help out the average American, then I guess it may not be a bad thing, if it's done intelligently.

 

While wireless broadband is a good way to give customers internet at a low cost it does come with its own issues and goes against what Obama is wanting to do.

The major problem is quality of service. While if your close to a tower your great there can be some massive signal issues mattering distance and obstructions.

Obama is also looking at the expansion of physical infrastructure as a way to create jobs. Just doing some updates to radio and cell towers wont create half the jobs that physical infrastructure would.

 

obama could use the extra money he saves using an alternet method to pay people to sit at a desk and pick thier noses. You would have the same outcome. People would have broadband, and lots of people would get paid.

creating jobs just because you want to won't solve any problems. creating jobs that are needed/demanded by the masses will.