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thatmariolover · 03-17-2010, 05:36 PM

The private industry is not even coming close to what this plan hopes to achieve.

The quality of our broadband market is poor. We average 18th in terms of broadband speeds as a country and huge portions of rural America have no options (or if you’re like my dad, resort to something like Clearwave, $34.99 a month for 256k internet or up to 768k for $99).

Regardless, the cost to taxpayers should be minimal. The FCC plans to auction off 500 mhz of radio spectrum, which alone could generate more income than the cost of the plan. The last such auction was for a smaller spectrum and raised 19.6 billion dollars (mostly from Verizon and AT&T).

The plan sounds a good one to me. But I can elaborate if you still don't get it.

03-17-2010, 05:36 PM	#3
thatmariolover GameTavern Plumber thatmariolover is offline Location: Minnesota Now Playing: Posts: 2,556	Re: FCC Plans National Broadband by 2020 The private industry is not even coming close to what this plan hopes to achieve. The quality of our broadband market is poor. We average 18th in terms of broadband speeds as a country and huge portions of rural America have no options (or if you’re like my dad, resort to something like Clearwave, $34.99 a month for 256k internet or up to 768k for $99). Regardless, the cost to taxpayers should be minimal. The FCC plans to auction off 500 mhz of radio spectrum, which alone could generate more income than the cost of the plan. The last such auction was for a smaller spectrum and raised 19.6 billion dollars (mostly from Verizon and AT&T). The plan sounds a good one to me. But I can elaborate if you still don't get it.