Didn't we already debate this?

It was determined that Appalachian Georgia meth makers are entitled to the same NetFlix, Vonage and Hulu as those of us that choose to live in the civilized world.

They may sell their wares on TV but the commercials must be no louder than the programming it is advertised with.

College football will go to a play-off system.

The goverment has spoken.

The masses are placated.

I know, what a fucking joke right? What's with creating a committee for every fucking controversy? Like the steroids thing?

The only reason they (we) can use dial-up is because the Feds forced the telcos to do THAT (in 1996, IIRC).

Here are some fun facts about one particular area with no broadband service-
Per 2008 figures-
Population density: 94 people per square mile
(U.S. average is 86.2; states like Wyoming and Alaska are in the single digits. Kansas, which appears to have nearly universal coverage, is at 33.9 ppm^2)
Median household income- estimated $61k.
(National average, $50k.)
Median home price- $335,373
(National average- $232,100)
Approximately 20 minute drive to the nearest shopping mall or Wal-Mart.

There's also a lot of farmland that isn't covered. There's also the fact that high-speed Internet enables telecommuting (my wife works for a company on the other side of the country). There are also a lot of niche businesses that are based in rural areas to save overhead. In particular, I'll mention salvage yards, which are often useful to motorcyclists. Hell, living in a rural area means I can have half a dozen parts bikes stashed in the yard, from which I can then sell parts on eBay. Your over-simplification is a gross display of ignorance.

In summary, y'all can stuff that urban elitist bullshit where the sun don't shine :bm:

Farmers can telecommute? Traffic must be a bitch in rural Kansas.

So we have roughly 111million households in the U.S. and only 1.11million are missing out on broadband? I wonder what percentage of those 1.11million if they recieve broadband internet suddenly would be starting internet business' and trading stocks with London?

Once the politicians, activists, and lobbyists get a hold of this, those rural areas will never see a new cell tower or cable for a hundreds miles.

:lmao: :lmao:

Most would probably just do what everyone else does........Download pr0n and waste time reading gossip sites.

So now Netflix is an inalienable right?

It really doesn't matter what they use it for but what the problem with making it available?

James

I don't care if they have access to it.

I do care if the government is doing it (even under the pretense that it will boost our economy). I don't trust the US Government one bit and I really do not like them near our communications (especially with such free flowing information such as the internet). The farther away they are from communications the happier I am and the better it is for our republic.

That's what I predict. Then again the John Deere forums would get a boost in membership. Economy fixed!