They are no longer pretending.
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Didn't Warren shoot a bunch of people in Dayton?
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Does the government need to pave the dirt road you chose to live off?
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Ajit Pai's numbers are of course bullshitSFGbob said:
the Report finds that approximately 19 million Americans—6 percent of the population—still lack access to fixed broadband service at threshold speeds. In rural areas, nearly one-fourth of the population —14.5 million people—lack access to this service. In tribal areas, nearly one-third of the population lacks access. Even in areas where broadband is available, approximately 100 million Americans still do not subscribe. The report concludes that until the Commission’s Connect America reforms are fully implemented, these gaps are unlikely to close. Because millions still lack access to or have not adopted broadband, the Report concludes broadband is not yet being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion.
https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/eighth-broadband-progress-report
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-fcc-massively-overstating-how-many-americans-have-broadband-access/
The company says there is a major problem with the FCC's reliance on Form 477, which asks providers whether they are "providing or could …without an extraordinary commitment of resources provide broadband service to an area".
If the provider answers yes to either question, the FCC considers the area covered, even if the area isn't and the provider has no plans to.
Hey Company XYZ could you maybe somehow provide broadband access to BFE?
ummmm...sure...but we have no plans to?
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If they can but they don't then it doesn't make business sense
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It's bound to happen unless you're a complete sycophant cockgobbler like Hondo or Gaybob.PurpleThrobber said:
You clearly haven't read anything I posted.SFGbob said:
6% of the population lacks access to high speed internet. How many of that 6% even wants high speed internet? There is no fucking way we should create a massive federal bureaucracy to satisfy the desire of 3% (and that number is being charitable) of the population. Part of living in the sticks is about the things you choose to go without and I say this as someone who grew up in the sticks and who still has relatives that live in areas that lack high speed internet.PurpleThrobber said:You guys live in the outer zone of food stamps too much when it comes to situations where government can actually do some good.
When I'm talking rural high speed access, I"m talking like farmers, ranchers, maybe young people who are techies and want to keep living Bumfuck, Montana and take care of grandpa instead of venturing to the godforsaken city of Seattle or San Fran.
Not everybody has a T-1 line or Google fiber running along their dirt road.
You've got your Fios. Fuck those who live elsewhere or would consider living elsewhere than the mecca of tech.
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Hurtfuldflea said:
It's bound to happen unless you're a complete sycophant cockgobbler like Hondo or Gaybob.PurpleThrobber said:
You clearly haven't read anything I posted.SFGbob said:
6% of the population lacks access to high speed internet. How many of that 6% even wants high speed internet? There is no fucking way we should create a massive federal bureaucracy to satisfy the desire of 3% (and that number is being charitable) of the population. Part of living in the sticks is about the things you choose to go without and I say this as someone who grew up in the sticks and who still has relatives that live in areas that lack high speed internet.PurpleThrobber said:You guys live in the outer zone of food stamps too much when it comes to situations where government can actually do some good.
When I'm talking rural high speed access, I"m talking like farmers, ranchers, maybe young people who are techies and want to keep living Bumfuck, Montana and take care of grandpa instead of venturing to the godforsaken city of Seattle or San Fran.
Not everybody has a T-1 line or Google fiber running along their dirt road.
You've got your Fios. Fuck those who live elsewhere or would consider living elsewhere than the mecca of tech.
Christ, now I have to go give myself another timeout. This sucks being on the left. -
Any place that has access to cable TV has access to high speed internet.GDS said:
Ajit Pai's numbers are of course bullshitSFGbob said:
the Report finds that approximately 19 million Americans—6 percent of the population—still lack access to fixed broadband service at threshold speeds. In rural areas, nearly one-fourth of the population —14.5 million people—lack access to this service. In tribal areas, nearly one-third of the population lacks access. Even in areas where broadband is available, approximately 100 million Americans still do not subscribe. The report concludes that until the Commission’s Connect America reforms are fully implemented, these gaps are unlikely to close. Because millions still lack access to or have not adopted broadband, the Report concludes broadband is not yet being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion.
https://www.fcc.gov/reports-research/reports/broadband-progress-reports/eighth-broadband-progress-report
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-fcc-massively-overstating-how-many-americans-have-broadband-access/
The company says there is a major problem with the FCC's reliance on Form 477, which asks providers whether they are "providing or could …without an extraordinary commitment of resources provide broadband service to an area".
If the provider answers yes to either question, the FCC considers the area covered, even if the area isn't and the provider has no plans to.
Hey Company XYZ could you maybe somehow provide broadband access to BFE?
ummmm...sure...but we have no plans to?
ok we'll go ahead and count that!
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Why run power lines and water and roads out there...broadband should be treated like a public utility as it becoming just as essential.RaceBannon said:If they can but they don't then it doesn't make business sense
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There are plenty of people in this country who have access to broadband and choose not to have it. Don't know too many people who have access to both electricity and running water that choose to go without.GDS said:
Why run power lines and water and roads out there...broadband should be treated like a public utility as it becoming just as essential.RaceBannon said:If they can but they don't then it doesn't make business sense
But a commie wouldn't have a grasp of that
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Good questionGDS said:
Why run power lines and water and roads out there...broadband should be treated like a public utility as it becoming just as essential.RaceBannon said:If they can but they don't then it doesn't make business sense
But a commie wouldn't have a grasp of that
Live off the grid with solar and a well
