11-15-2007, 06:45 PM | #11 |
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See below. Then visit another country with good wifi and get back to me on whether or not we are behind.
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Porsche's are good for everyone too. So are $150,000-a-year paying jobs. Should we want it for everyone as a matter of national policy?
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The US is a joke when it comes to broadband access. Our phony 3G capabilities that arent even a reality here yet.....they are last week's news in Japan, Korea, Scandanavia, etc... I personally would love wi-fi in populated US areas and beyond. The fact that we may have to pay for it in tax or increased rates from a private company doesnt turn me off at all.
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And again, let's not compare just per capita ... let's compare GDP and population size. And tax rates.
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It isnt as difficult an implementation as it may appear. The availability is different from the promise that everyone will get a computer. Obama's idea is to just make it available. frankly, the people that would benefit the most from that are wealthier people, anyway. Why wouldnt they want wi-fi everywhere?
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The difference is, one candidate is telling me what the government is going to do with my money, the other is telling me I can keep the money and do what I want with it. That's the difference between idiots like Hillary Clinton, and people that support her. They think the government can do a better job spending my money than I can. |
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11-15-2007, 06:55 PM | #18 |
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just another freebie offered by
a candidate-- to be paid with taxpayers money as long as there are adaquate taxpayers to foot all the bills..
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I'm not arguing against broadband access for everyone! LMBO! The point is there are MUCH bigger fish to fry with regard to the country's problems. |
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You conveniently use Philly as an example of a mixed bag, yet ignore japan, Korea, scandanavia, and other true 3G areas where it not only works, but has been operational for a few years. i think in this case, we would not look domestically for an implementation model. We would have to look abroad. I am not saying it wont cost cash. I think I have made it clear that I am more than willing to help pay for it in the form of a tax or if the networks want to charge me an extra 25 cents a month or something on my phone bill. That is great by me. Are you suggesting that we not even try to make wi-fi accessible as it already is in other parts of the world?
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