computerworld.com — It's time to stop slouching toward failure. Rather than idiotically following Europe and Asia into the future, we need to leapfrog them and put the U.S. back on top. We need nothing less than a new space race-scale effort to build the next-generation mobile data system in the United States.
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paulcurrierDec 6, 2008
What we need is a full on Anti-trust prosecution of the Bush Administration & ATT (and the American Telecom Cartel: Verison, Quest, and Worldcom) who all acted in collusion and in combination, and blocked Wireless Ethernet from the North American Market, and blocked competition in Bandwidth Utilization on the core North American Fiber Optic Backbone! We will not see an open Internet until our Government breaks up ATT and the Telecom Mafia, clearly operating a criminal enterprise, and breaching the Bill of Rights by the minute!
macbookhairDec 7, 2008
I am stuck paying for 56k for $10 a month. -_-
tonmilDec 7, 2008
It will:- Produce new jobs mostly in the U.S.- Provide the foundation for spurring a new wave of applications and innovation- Reduce communications costs for everyone in the U.S.- Help the U.S. be be more competitive in world markets
fubes2000Dec 7, 2008
I worked in cellular service for several years, and as far as I know North America has been behind most of the world since before digital PCS was introduced in the late 90s. It's a heady combination of 20% "too much infrastructure to change" laziness, and 80% "well they're buying it anyway" laziness, with a little more laziness for garnish.
gkiltzDec 7, 2008
It's either accelerate the fiber build out, or make some hard decisions about what other communications services can be summarily shut down(FM Radio, for instance?) in order to free up the amount of spectrum needed for truly reliable wireless deployment on that scale! Once the fiber is built out into the hinterland, we will be able to do a lot with wireless in the relatively dense population, small areas, such as small towns or college campuses, but it will not solve the spectrum availability issues in the larger cities.
aquasharkDec 7, 2008
i pay 12.5$ for 100 Mbps (unlimited traffic).. and i live in the poor parts of Europe
latincrow81Dec 13, 2008
what we really need is a garbage collection space race....too many debris floating out there... it makes space exploration harder and more dangerous when you have to plan ahead for the posibility of a wasted satellite from the seventies destroying your ship/satellite/whatever
dexharrisMar 18, 2009
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