Comments on: Issues don’t go away when Congress goes home… http://technosailor.com/2008/08/27/issues-dont-go-away-when-congress-goes-home/ Web Technology and Real Life Merge Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: geechee_girl http://technosailor.com/2008/08/27/issues-dont-go-away-when-congress-goes-home/comment-page-1/#comment-245743 geechee_girl Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:40:53 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4297#comment-245743 I agree that broadband access has become a basic right in this new global economy - everyone should have access to it, and that means access at speeds that ensure they can use the tools out there online to work, to research, to educate, to obtain needed services... I agree that broadband access has become a basic right in this new global economy – everyone should have access to it, and that means access at speeds that ensure they can use the tools out there online to work, to research, to educate, to obtain needed services…

]]> By: Joe Freemarket http://technosailor.com/2008/08/27/issues-dont-go-away-when-congress-goes-home/comment-page-1/#comment-245729 Joe Freemarket Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:12:24 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4297#comment-245729 I like the idea of eliminating the fund and keeping more of my money. I like the idea of eliminating the fund and keeping more of my money.

]]> By: qthrul http://technosailor.com/2008/08/27/issues-dont-go-away-when-congress-goes-home/comment-page-1/#comment-245716 qthrul Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:23:16 +0000 http://technosailor.com/?p=4297#comment-245716 I'm going to skip past your USF is the boogeyman question... that's been rehashed over many many years.<br><br>What I will comment on is that I think that Digital Inclusion will eventually make more of your concerns be highlighted (and addressed) as long as rural municipalities carry that torch and force the hands of incumbent players/providers to either put up or face new entry. Here's an interesting graphic:<br><br><a href="http://digitalinclusionforum.com/home_ads/DIF_0308_lrg.gif">http://digitalinclusionforum.com/home_ads/DIF_0...</a><br><br>I am still not clear that your examples are matching up to the issues of city dwellers and rural communities. For one, poverty and low income areas need more than just "broadband". They would need the computers that connect to this. <br><br>Another way funding could be supplied is via library systems just as college students previously would walk/bike/bus to a computer lab centrally on campus (see also early to mid 1990s). Over time, the funding becomes part of the mix due to the building requirements or code for facilitating SCADA or security needs. <br><br>Indeed, I see a great many homeland security initiatives will pay dividends in terms of structural unbundling concepts borrowed from the European concepts on broadband competition. I'm going to skip past your USF is the boogeyman question… that's been rehashed over many many years.

What I will comment on is that I think that Digital Inclusion will eventually make more of your concerns be highlighted (and addressed) as long as rural municipalities carry that torch and force the hands of incumbent players/providers to either put up or face new entry. Here's an interesting graphic:

http://digitalinclusionforum.com/home_ads/DIF_0...

I am still not clear that your examples are matching up to the issues of city dwellers and rural communities. For one, poverty and low income areas need more than just “broadband”. They would need the computers that connect to this.

Another way funding could be supplied is via library systems just as college students previously would walk/bike/bus to a computer lab centrally on campus (see also early to mid 1990s). Over time, the funding becomes part of the mix due to the building requirements or code for facilitating SCADA or security needs.

Indeed, I see a great many homeland security initiatives will pay dividends in terms of structural unbundling concepts borrowed from the European concepts on broadband competition.

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