usatoday.com — There has been a lot of talk about where is our Fiber Optic that we have been promised. Well here in my home town of Lafayette Louisiana we are installing our own Fiber to the House network. But why is Bell South, Cox Cable and others suing us and are trying to stop this form happening?
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obkenobiFeb 7, 2006
Americans finally realize why monopolies are EVIL. How monopolies stifle progress and innovation. It's about f***ing time! What do you think everyone has been warning you about all these years? Now you know.[quote]as much as i HATE bellsouth, do you really want the government to manage our broadband?[/quote]The government already DOES manage our telecom! Who do you think gave these predatorial monopolists the authority to persecute the competition? Instead of encouraging competition, the government protects these monopolies. The result? ***Communist China now has better broadband than we do!***<a class="user" href="http://files.blog-city.com/files/aa/4776/p/f/evilcheney.jpg">http://files.blog-city.com/files/aa/4776/p/f/evilcheney.jpg</a>
usobeFeb 8, 2006
This Is a Major problem, and if the Bell companies don't get their acts together soon they might Face another Huge break-up like what happened to the Mother Bell a few decades ago. This situation starting to get outrageous, and personally I think that the government is becoming more laizzes-faire again after taking active steps to eliminate a monopoly situation, and costing consumers much more money than they want or need to spend. To be completely honest it's turning into a situation where the health of the consumers wallet isn't even a small worry in the companies minds.
genghis1Feb 8, 2006
this article is outdated - over a year oldAT&T is offering broadband access in my area for $12.99/month.Let the free market work and keep government out of the telcom industry all you socialist.
seth2958Feb 8, 2006
my hatred of the Bell companies continues to grow. they are pathetic
madmathmaticianFeb 8, 2006
"my hatred of the Bell companies continues to grow. they are pathetic."AGREEDThose asian countries get all the best deals. I wouldnt be surprised if a few of the communist ruled countries got faster Broadband speeds than us!
gtpilotFeb 8, 2006
i didn't read through all the comments, so i don't know if it is mentioned as for reasons why a small city would get fiber layed before bigger ones, .. but here's my story:i was talking to a guy on a plane on the way up to washington state, and he said his little town, moses lakes, WA, had fiber. the reason such a small town got fiber was that they never had dsl or cable layed, so it was cheaper to lay fiber at this point.
peb0424Feb 8, 2006Submitter
This IS a current issue, i chose this article because it tells the whole story, if you want a more up to date article read <a class="user" href="http://www.acadiananow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/NEWS01/601240320/1002">http://www.acadiananow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060124/NEWS01/601240320/1002</a>Skip down to the second half. it explains the whole current problem facing Lafayette and the debate that is still going on.
timmyk_Feb 8, 2006
Just more examples of exactly how low we are sinking. The US is becoming irrelevant to the world as they pull ahead of us in every way, pull their financial investments out of us, and leave us behind to wallow in our own greed and corruption. Is it nice to know that "conservative" Bush is running up our debt like gang busters, and that the largest holder of US debt is China? CHINA? China own a massive piece of us. We are at their mercy, and most idiots in this country don't even know that. But hey at least some gay guys can't get married, and kids won't learn about crazy things like science in school. We can be proud of that.