We are paying for it. The government subsidizes telco and electric services for rural areas, otherwise they'd still be doing homework by kerosene lamps.
From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 2:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: National broadband Well, it seems to me that the Internet being a great tool which is available to be used as needed, WITHOUT government interference, it should be made available to everyone. HOWEVER, the great majority of people today have a telephone line in their home or a wireless cell phone, or BOTH! Why not internet access as well? I'd like to think that I/we are not paying for the telephones wired or wireless that poorer people have, but I suspect that one way or the other we are paying for it. We just aren't aware of that. Frankly, the biggest use of the internet according to the "experts" is porn, not to mention spXXm and virii! So as to the wonderful reasons mentioned, I sincerely doubt that internet access for the masses is going to have much of an beneficial impact. But everyone should have internet access.And we're going to pay for it whether we want to or not! Murray ________________________________ From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 1:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: National broadband I dont think that my tax dollars should go to giving everyone Internet access. -- ME2 On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 11:39 AM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote: Thoughts, comments? http://www.broadband.gov/ David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~