Finland Makes Broadband a Legal Right

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

There are still many areas in the U.S. where you can't get high speed without a satellite and so on
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Poor guys, having to have a different kind of high-speed connection than the rest of us.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Sean

Poor guys, having to have a different kind of high-speed connection than the rest of us.

Its a much more expensive connection.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Compared to the other shit your taxes already cover I'd say this isn't even on your list of worries. At least this would be beneficial to the populace.

Yes. It'll be real beneficial when they regulate the internet in the "public's interest". Let's write something anti-Democrat or anti-Republican or oppose something like healthcare reform. You don't believe the government is going to use the same excuse they used before under the fairness doctrine and "public airwaves" of the public radio to regulate debate?

People want the interwebz then they can go here...
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/C...type=broadband

Or you can try AT&T, Sprint, Metro PCS, T-mobile, and the other billion phone companies that offer wireless internet.

Infact I bet the people who want this probably have an I-phone or Blackberry anyways. People at my work making $10 an hour have phones with internet so I'm guessing it's not a real problem. Those who want it have to only want it because it will feel like it's free to them.

[Kaneman]

The internet is going to be regulated anyway, its already in the works...that'll happen whether or not the government pushes to offer high speed landline access to rural areas.

Your liberty or death avatar? We lost liberty long, long ago.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

The internet is going to be regulated anyway, its already in the works...that'll happen whether or not the government pushes to offer high speed landline access to rural areas.

Your liberty or death avatar? We lost liberty long, long ago.

I agree on both counts. But I think a government run wifi will just speed the process up. At least with private internet companies the government will have to fight companies in court and so on to get the info or regulate it. A government ran wifi program will only need one government hack to regulate the content.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Its a much more expensive connection.

Living in the city instead of the country is pretty expensive too.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Compared to the other shit your taxes already cover I'd say this isn't even on your list of worries. At least this would be beneficial to the populace.

We already have to pay for a bunch of ridiculous shit so what is one more thing?

Taxpayer funded blowjobs "would be beneficial to the populace" but I still don't want to see it happen. Beneficial and stupid are not mutually exclusive.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Its a much more expensive connection.

Tough shit. I didn't make them move to the sticks, why should I have to subsidize their decision?

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Sean

Living in the city instead of the country is pretty expensive too.

Million dollar high rise apartments should be a right for all.

[Sean]

Hot tubs are beneficial and Iceland has public tubs. We should provide hot tubs for every human within our borders.

Know what people use broadband for? Porn. Email, Wikipedia, and news sites all work perfectly fine on a 56k connection.