Broadband boondoggle in the making

Dexsal · Jan 4, 2005, 09:34 PM

A national public policy priority--providing broadband access to all Americans--hit a major speed bump late last year when the Pennsylvania legislature decided to slow the rapid deployment of faster, less expensive broadband access. This law precludes any local Pennsylvania municipality--except Philadelphia, which appears to have obtained an exemption for its initial deployment--from providing telecommunications services to its citizens as it sees fit. The law will also have the effect of reducing competition while slowing the availability of low-cost broadband access.

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**dj_stick** · Jan 4, 2005, 11:28 PM

what was the poit of that?

Yard Waste · Jan 5, 2005, 01:28 AM

Got to love those gov't representatives that are on the take and always side with business and their respective paid lobbyists instead of with the people that work their butt off every day to make ends meet and could appreciate cheap bandwidth, those that elected them to be their REPESENTIVE!! Same old, same old--just like the music and movie industry.

Jan 4, 2005, 09:34 PM	#1
Dexsal Space Monocerotis Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aust Posts: 1,401 Rep Power: 0	Broadband boondoggle in the making A national public policy priority--providing broadband access to all Americans--hit a major speed bump late last year when the Pennsylvania legislature decided to slow the rapid deployment of faster, less expensive broadband access. This law precludes any local Pennsylvania municipality--except Philadelphia, which appears to have obtained an exemption for its initial deployment--from providing telecommunications services to its citizens as it sees fit. The law will also have the effect of reducing competition while slowing the availability of low-cost broadband access. Read More News.com

Jan 5, 2005, 01:28 AM	#3
Yard Waste Lost In Space Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 216 Rep Power: 0	Got to love those gov't representatives that are on the take and always side with business and their respective paid lobbyists instead of with the people that work their butt off every day to make ends meet and could appreciate cheap bandwidth, those that elected them to be their REPESENTIVE!! Same old, same old--just like the music and movie industry.