govtech.net — Broadband access is the new electricity... without universal access, we will be left in the dust by countries like Japan and Korea where they are deploying broadband that's 500 times faster than ours. Lobbyists make my blood boil!!!
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scooterbagaFeb 1, 2006
We're too slow...Internet must hate us.
peazleyFeb 2, 2006
Opera - As if this is a political move, america layed copper first, it takes a while to revamp every inch of a county as large as ours, not trying to say that everyone needs to connect to our backbone, I was just stating that those high speeds providers are for local backbones within their county, do some research first off when you start to talk, $16 for a gigabit line is bulls**t, it doesnt exist, sure if I connect to my buddy down the street or across the city, but worldwide no, I get my speeds constant worldwide, I would like to see proof of these cheap broadband providers giving these speeds to worldwide backbones. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and classifying an half a country based on their political opinion is stupid. I swear people against the bush admin, end up doing more harm than good, instead of trying to rationally work things out, they just tend to bash the other side.
inkswampFeb 2, 2006
> "Al Gore created it :)">> Sure he did. Did you also know that unicorns frolic freely in nature reserves?Did you also know that Al Gore was one of very few politicians invited to the 25th anniversary reunion of the original ARPAnet team? Go look into it. It's the truth. The gathering wasn't a free-for-all. Invitations went only to those deemed to have contributed in some way. Gore didn't invent it, but he never claimed he did. He supported its development and those in-the-know realize it. He knew what the Internet was going to be well before it was a household term, and long before his peers in government had a clue. This constant mockery of the man for pointing that out is a shame.
saleens281Feb 2, 2006
electricity, broadband, oil, they can all be grouped together as necessities to the US economy. Corporations have shown time and time again, they will not do what is in the best interests of the people when the utility is a necessity, they will rape the market for as much profit as is possible. As with every other utility that has been "successful" in this country, the government needs to intervene and regulate.
mortalfunkFeb 2, 2006
> Yeah, canadian broadband sucks.. The only good provide over here is videotron.. we don't have the > > choice. No choice = no price war, no price war= Expensive access.I'm from western Canada and I've actually been very impressed by Canadian broadband. Alberta recently finished their "Supernet project" (<a class="user" href="http://www.albertasupernet.ca/)">http://www.albertasupernet.ca/)</a> that runs fibre all across the province and Cable Internet is being offered at 7Mbps regularly across the country. I hate it when Americans use the per capita argument as to why they don't have good broadband. That's bulls**t. The broadband service would be so much better if the government supported it and the companies are serious about providing excellent service instead of maximizing profits (yes... it's capitalism i know). The Internet2 project in the states sounds very promising and I challenge Americans to take it a step further to use all that fibre to compete against the other ISPs and give them a run for their money.