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February 4, 2013
17:02 • 3 months ago
Unsurprisingly, major telecom providers like AT&T and Verizon aren’t big on having to compete with the government for customers who don’t actually need the overpriced services being offered by their companies. Some GOP members have suggested that it would be more fiscally responsible for the FCC to sell the broadcast spectrum, allowing the government to raise billions in new revenue. What say you, dear reader? source

Unsurprisingly, major telecom providers like AT&T and Verizon aren’t big on having to compete with the government for customers who don’t actually need the overpriced services being offered by their companies. Some GOP members have suggested that it would be more fiscally responsible for the FCC to sell the broadcast spectrum, allowing the government to raise billions in new revenue. What say you, dear reader? source

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    Whoawhoa, pro-corporate-small-government...broadband? Where is Nina Huntemann when you...
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    Hm.
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    If the government sold wifi at a low rate then the country would be out of debt in a day… maybe two… we love our fucking...
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    ISPs: T_T T_T T_T T_T (Crying...eyes out. How do you like your lobbyists now? I’m sure...
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    Oh my god I remember, you were just talking about this.
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    I was just talking about this a month or two ago.
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  14. lelutin said: Given that kids are being forced to flock to McDonald’s to get their studying done, I’d say AT&T and the like should bow out gracefully and allow our country to follow the example of S. Korea and Japan in bridging the digital divide.
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  16. thepoliticalp said: Affordable wi-fi would be great. Even if it’s a little bit unreliable. Free if its better, but making it cheap would be great too.
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    This is a brilliant idea. A blow to private tech industries such as...and AT&T, but if...
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    Har har har…the United States government doing something that would so clearly benefit the country
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