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- NecroSexy, on 07/03/2008, -1/+50Once you go broadband, you don't go back to...*shudder*--3.0 KB/s the horror...the horror.
- theantirobot, on 07/03/2008, -0/+44You can get dsl from att for $10. It was a condition of some public funding they got. They don't advertise it.
- diggit83, on 07/03/2008, -0/+35Broadband is about the cost of a carton of Cigarettes....Just sayin
- life38, on 07/03/2008, -15/+40I really think the government should require that every citizen have equal access to the web at a standard of speed which supports education and interacting sufficiently to support ones access to information.
While I believe in free enterprise, business follows the infrastructure that government help to build. The internet is another mode of travel and should be supported by the government just as government did for roads and public transportation systems. - superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -2/+26Everyone does have equal access - libraries all offer free use of computers.
I don't see the need to go further than that to ensure that everyone has connectivity, even those that do not want it... - inactive, on 07/03/2008, -4/+25"Of the Americans with no Internet access at all, about a third say they have no interest in logging on, even at dial-up speeds."
I get all the important information from Fox News, why do i need the internets? - superkendall, on 07/03/2008, -0/+19These "poor" people probably all have TV sets and many cable.
It's a question of priority. Because YOU value internet connectivity highly does not mean everyone does. - inactive, on 07/03/2008, -2/+21This article is suggesting government involvment as a good way to bring broadband to more people. Isn't that another step towards government regulation of the internet as suggested in a few other digg articles? You think sandvine controlling your packets is intrusive now, just wait.
Watch the PR folks bury my comment in 30 minutes or less.
/waits for it - whiteknives, on 07/03/2008, -0/+17Though that sounds like a good idea, if we let the government dabble in our rights online, who is to stop idiot bureaucrats from controlling and manipulating what sites we can see? I think it is in the best interest of the internet as a whole to stay as far away from government control as possible.
- Nicksname1, on 07/03/2008, -0/+15Yeah Broadband costs too much, cable, gas, taxes, insurance, mortgage, Cellphone service, food, and everything else we can't live without. Welcome to the 21st century!
- STPZ, on 07/03/2008, -0/+15But I would like to keep the government as far away from my internet as possible
- richiewrt, on 07/03/2008, -1/+16You are so confused about the reality of a lot of people's situations in this country. To many people $50 a month can mean the difference between eating real food, or raman noodles for a week. And not everyone has a home that cost $300-800k. My house is arround $120k and is fairly nice for where I live, inground pool and everything on 2 acres. Just because the median income in your local area may be 75-80k and up, doesn't mean that that is the median imcome for every area.
- minoss, on 07/03/2008, -0/+15My grandma was paying around $20/month for at&t 768k DSL. It isn't the fastest but it sure as hell is cheap and more than suitable for her web browsing and email needs.
Personally, I pay $55/month for my 15mbit/1mbit cable but it isn't because there aren't cheaper alternatives.
Also, part of reason prices are this high is because the majority of the users need to subsidize the cost for the minority that use the majority of the bandwidth. - Wiini, on 07/03/2008, -2/+16Yeah you know... because it's always a good idea to let the government control the largest free flowing body of information in the world (sigh).
- cowsgonemadd3, on 07/03/2008, -0/+12I pay not quite 40 a month for 1mbps dsl...well worth it when you consider my ISP wants 22 bucks a month for dial up where I got 42kbps average.
- whiteknives, on 07/03/2008, -0/+11"Many dial-up users say broadband isn't worth cost"
Many dial-up users are ignorant baby boomers who know nothing about their operating system besides the AOL icon on their desktop and Solitaire. - Aero347, on 07/03/2008, -1/+11well u see they can't download pr0n in the library and hence why the government needs to intervene.. ^^
- Wiini, on 07/03/2008, -0/+9See, this is why you have no friends.
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8Not a very rational statement, rationalbeats.
- mlrigsby, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7And twice as addictive
- ihate2regist, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7POTS are reliable
- lambda, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7You != everyone else
- DigitAl56K, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7On the other hand, a total rip off when I pay $50/mo for 5Mbps cable.
- lambda, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7"I use the Internet, therefore everyone else must too"
- umbrellainabin, on 07/03/2008, -1/+8
***** AT&T - blah247, on 07/03/2008, -1/+7"Who's going to pay for TELEVISION?" - quote from the 80's.
- erictheninja, on 07/03/2008, -1/+7Your comments put all Comcast users in the same boat, yet in most areas Comcast is granted a virtual monopoly. It's easy for you to think customers will revolt, complain, and give up their service when you have other options and they don't.
Are you morally outraged that some people choose to spend $100/mon on their cable bill? They earned the money and choose to spend it that way. A $100 cable bill accounts for numerous premium services, services above and beyond what Comcast requires them to pay to get TV.
My neck hurts from looking up at you on your pedestal. - Qumahlin, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6"Do you use roads? The government built those. Does the government tell you where you can drive on those roads?"
Yes to all of the above. They tell me which direction I can drive, how fast I can go, how slow I can go, how much distance I need to keep between drivers, how many emissions my car is allowed to put out, they also then charge me taxes and tolls to use said roads.
Government these days is the exact same as private enterprise, you'll just be paying for it in a non direct manner such as a increase in your taxes instead of a bill from a company.
Your road analogy was a horrible one to pick. - Wiini, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6Poor, or obsessed with poor choices? People are paying 100$ a month for TV for goodness sakes.
- ch4os1337, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5I pay $60 a month for 10 mbps and a 95 gb download limit and there is only one company that has that speed where I live so im screwed.
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5Must "Have AT&T local phone service"... landlines blow. :(
- xtinamo, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5Thank goodness my neighbors aren't that tech savvy.
- lefooey, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5What the survey really highlights is most dial-up users don't know what "broadband" means. While 35% may have said "too expensive," a good follow up question might have determined what that means. More significant was that 32% said "don't know" for the second largest response.
- Wiini, on 07/03/2008, -2/+7Tell this to Comcast customers... those people pay out the *ss and will continue to pay whatever comcast tells them to.
And have you seen how much people pay for their television? Good golly! Who in their right mind would spend 100$ a month on their TV? You people are ridiculous! - samthurston, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5What's the speed on that, and where is it offered?
- PhoneJack, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5I still don't. Over-the-air DTV ftw.
- acatzr800, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5 but then do they really need broadband?
- lambda, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5I lol'd
It's good to have land. - spyd3rweb, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6You gotta overclock your modem and cool it with liquid nitrogen to get the full 56k.
- Thekirby45, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4http://www.bellsouth.com/consumer/inetsrvcs/inetsr ...
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5Really my father made 80k a year in 1972 now he is making 60k.
- tvanwyk, on 07/03/2008, -6/+10"Support one[']s access to information"? Defined how and by whom? You? Because I for one really think the government should require that my ISP run a private OC-48 line into every room in my house. I really need that information access.
- Wiini, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Just so you know, House prices vary greatly from state to state, city to city, and sub division to sub division.
My home is worth around $300,000 in my current locale, but I can get an identical home with two to three times the 'yard' and outdoor space for about 150k in other states. - duihomer, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6My parents live in Mountain View, CA, home of Google. Google put up a wifi network in the city about a year ago, and my parents get free internet courtesy of GoogleWiFi (there's a node about 50 feet outside of their house). Honestly, without that, I do not know if my parents would pay for broadband. They are near retirement and do not have steady income, and don't use the net enough to justify the cost.
- AngelBunny, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4This article is good at presenting the facts but it doesn't answer why. Hopefully my speculation can help:
It said people out in rural areas have a higher chance of getting high speed if it was available/cheaper than people in suburbia. Why? Because a 768kbps line out in the middle of no were goes for about $100+ a month while in the city it is usually around $10 to $20.
This article is including sat internet as a broadband alternative. This isn't people complaining about $40 a month internet this is people complaining about $160 a month internet that acts kinda like 3g. There are still lots of places in this country were people can't get high speed because the only option is sat internet and how much it costs. It really isn't a good alternative. - inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Wiini,
Your township or city granted them the monopoly. Just like they do with electric, gas and telephone.
I live in the rare town that decided against monopoly for cable and telephone, and it doesn't help though... - CrushThemTorg, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4One day I'm going to set up an open honeypot named "Linksys" for people like you. All traffic will go to lemonparty.
- tvanwyk, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5Well, you can make all the vague and feel-good statements about "supporting the infrastructure" that you want, but my point was that it's sort of silly to say something like "standard of speed which supports education and interacting sufficiently to support one[']s access to information." Ultimately, there's no real acceptable way to objectively define (and some group coming up with an arbitrary water mark is not objective) what speed is "acceptable" for "equal access."
The fact of the matter is that I'm okay with people asking for "equal access" as long as I'm allowed to disagree without being shot, and as long as I'm exempt from having my pocket picked in the name of bankrolling said "equal access." - greevar, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4I pay 44.99 for 1.5Mbps. Wanna trade?
- Elderon, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3digggeek24. DSL may be a valid option for some people, but not everyone. There are many such as myself who live to far from the teleco switch. For me the best I can get is like 128-256 d / 20 up for like $100/month. My ONLY option for highspeed internet is comcast cable which has been very good to me so far, though I'd really like verizon fios, but i doubt I'll see that anytime soon.
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