Making universal broadband service a reality

[askmrjesus]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

(I have family from middle of nowhere Missouri and Georgia, guess what they do?).

What is: Produce illiterate children?

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

This line about helping our economy from 1.11million households is bullshit. You could spend less money and just buy people without cars, cars so they can drive to a job and make money.

You may have a good point there. Of course, I'd have to see some prices. How much do they charge for people without cars? Is this like an e-Bay thing, cause I don't think I've ever even seen car-less people advertised?

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

Are you people such idiots that you need the government to take care of everything for you? You guys can't seem to do something as simple as drinking juice without government intervention because you are so pathetic.

What you have failed to grasp, is that the "Government" is not a machine from the future. It doesn't have laser beam eyes, and electro-magnetic tentacles. Ok, technically, they do have laser beam eyes and electro-magnetic tentacles, but that's not the point. The point is: (drum roll please) the Government and the private sector are made from the same base materiel.

People.

Even from your Pre-Cambrian, swamp based point of view, you must have noticed that people occasionally suck. When they suck at your house, we call it "The Private Sector". When they suck in public, we call it "The Government", (When the people at your house become the Government, we call it a National Disaster, and we all move to Brazil, until it's safe to come back).

The problem in America isn't government or laws. It's -------.

Go on, it's the Daily Double, fill in the blanks.

JC

[Tmall]

Imagine how much you would have learned if you would have made it to sixth grade social studies..

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

When they suck at your house, we call it "The Private Sector". When they suck in public, we call it "The Government",

And this is where you fail. When the private sector "sucks" you have the option to go somewhere else or fix it yourself. When the government "sucks" you have to take it on the crotch and pretend to like it. Also when the government keeps on failing they tend to steal via the policing power of government through the threat of violence to try and make it better. The private sector has to figure out how to convince you to give them more money or if they keep on sucking then their business will fail and they can suck no more.

The private sector doesn't consist of Dr. Evils sitting around and thinking of ways to rule the world. Only the government does that.

But don't worry, write President Obama and bitch about this, he'll make it all better.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Smittie61984

And this is where you fail. When the private sector "sucks" you have the option to go somewhere else or fix it yourself. When the government "sucks" you have to take it on the crotch and pretend to like it. Also when the government keeps on failing they tend to steal via the policing power of government through the threat of violence to try and make it better. The private sector has to figure out how to convince you to give them more money or if they keep on sucking then their business will fail and they can suck no more.

The private sector doesn't consist of Dr. Evils sitting around and thinking of ways to rule the world. Only the government does that.

But don't worry, write President Obama and bitch about this, he'll make it all better.

Dude, I have complimented you on your funny factor today?

[Avatard]

He does bring the funny. He doesn't mean to, but he does.

[Smittie61984]

Originally Posted by Avatard

He does bring the funny. He doesn't mean to, but he does.

Don't you have something else you need regulated so you don't mess things up?

Don't worry, Big Brother will help you.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Flexin

The part of the story your missing is that they will not going into an area unless they will get enough of a return on their investment....

Yeah it's called get satellite. Costs more, but you live in bung foo egypt, so pay up IMO.

...In case anyone has forgot the government for years has gave money and/or tax breaks to companies to get them to stay in an area. This has saved jobs. Without that the company would pack up and move to another area....

Companies will stay in an area where it makes the most buisness sense. Buidling millon dollar towers everywhere so 50 people can have wireless makes no buisness sense. Hence why the government needs to stay out.

...Unless I read wrong this story said nothing about the government running a a high speed internet biz....

No you read it correctly. Uncle Sam will funnel money into places money shouldn't be funneled, waste will occur and these same companies will run stagnant slow service.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by Avatard

.....For a Capitalist system to work in a Democracy, regulation is necessary when the market does not self-adjust to eliminate and correct unethical business trends that are predatory to consumers......

Usually the problem is over regulation causing increased prices and trade barriers.

The main cause for the crisis we are in is the result of giving money to people who should never have been lent it in the first place. Too much available credit...4 people on one mortgage...0 down loans etc. There was way too much risk. Now..the market IS correcting itself by loans going into default and banks closing, BUT the government stepped in to save the day (money we can't afford) and now the debt climbs higher again and market correction process is again fucked up.

[101lifts2]

Originally Posted by askmrjesus

....The problem in America isn't government or laws. It's -------.

Go on, it's the Daily Double, fill in the blanks.

JC

People in the private sector who fuck up usually get fired.

People who steal shit in the private sector usually get fired.

People who fuck up or steal shit in the government usually get promoted or it's covered up.

If the government runs your internet or subsidies companies to do so, what incentive is there for customer service when you cannot switch carriers?

[Flexin]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

People in the private sector who fuck up usually get fired.

People who steal shit in the private sector usually get fired.

People who fuck up or steal shit in the government usually get promoted or it's covered up.

If the government runs your internet or subsidies companies to do so, what incentive is there for customer service when you cannot switch carriers?

The goverment is not going to run the internet. They are going to help the private sector get into those areas. Then do the work. They set it up and run it. This is not the first time the goverment has done this. Have you ever heard of a big factory moving into a small area because of tax breaks or hand outs? The goverment does it and that brings jobs to that area. Sometimes they also need to do things to get that company from leaving and taking jobs with it.

James