In the good old days there used to be a community and country spirit..... but that is long gone
In New Zealand (where i am) , the government has just announced a levy to the telecoms carriers to fund rural broadband http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1003/S00205.htm Before we gave away (sold) the nationally run telecommunications network and allowed competition in, the government of the day legislated some terms and conditions, which basically means all telco providers have to provide funds to ensure loss making services such as rural landlines are made available. They are now extending that to broadband. The government does not build or run it, they just tender for the services. They focus it around schools (government funded here) and govenment departments. If you bring the broadband into the schools, the community benefits as a result. 1/6 funded by taxpayer 5/6 funded by telecommunication providers ( i.e. funded by your phone/internet bill) cheers Dean On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I dont think that my tax dollars should go to giving everyone Internet > access. > > -- > ME2 > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
