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Deriding the United States for falling woefully behind in consumer broadband service, a new report issued by the Baller Herbst Law Group is calling for an aggressive response. The report suggests an "affordable" 100Mbps service roll out by 2012, with 1Gbps service becoming available by 2015.
"We believe that great nations find the means to do what will make them and keep them great," says the report. "The United States has done this time and again—building canals and railroads, developing electric, telephone and highway systems, conquering outer space. Now, the time has come to build a world-class communications network."
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SeanC
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Registered: 9/2001
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| And how much would the ISPs charge for this? Since they'd have to pay for the infrastructure upgrades, I'm sure they'd want their pound of flesh from subscribers to pay for it. |
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excuzzzeme
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| Without a doubt the ISP's will stuff it to the subscriber as they are now doing. While digital is cheaper and easier to maintain vs. analog, where is the reduction in the cost? There is a clear reduction in overhead by fielding digital but yet subscribers have seen increased costs. Of course from those increases they can buy luxury boxes, luxury golf courses, and excessive CEO payments. |
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6-27-2008 3:30pm |
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gambler2611
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Registered: 6/2003
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| Haha erm...what?!? Do you really not want to develop infastructure because it'll cost money? Are you serious?!? Also, digital is far more expensive than analog because of the more complex electronics needed. It has a very high investment cost, and the maintenance cost is high too because of the expertise required to keep it running. |
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