Yeah...because when the economy is sucking wind why not raise fees to the consumer?!?!
Want to get broadband out to people, then deal with duopolies that many of the regions in the country have...such as Verizon & Comcast! They are the main barriers that cause grief in deployment, giving a chance there are any number of small businesses that could respond to a broadband deployment faster, quicker and cheaper! Talk with any CLEC and they have countless stories regarding the horrors of dealing with an ILEC. Bret On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 10:00 -0500, Justin M. Streiner wrote: > > > The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday will lay out the > case for > > expanding broadband Internet service, outlining current obstacles to > making > > it widely available. The agency is considering whether to force > Internet > > providers to share their networks with rivals and raise fees charged > on > > consumer phone bills to pay for the broader access."
