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Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger
From: Simon Waters <simonw () zynet net>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:50:20 +0100
On Thursday 25 Aug 2005 5:27 am, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Daniel Golding wrote:This is an issue of both distribution and density, not just density.So you're saying the US is screwed because of unique geography? Or is that something poltical will can overcome?
Simple economics, most of the countries above the US it is simply a lot cheaper and easier to provide broadband options to the majority of the population. South Korea demonstrates political will can overcome most objections. But I wouldn't think broadband coverage is a political priority. Besides satellite coverage is available to those who think it is worth the money, which I'd have thought was more in keeping with the American way, buy it if you want it, don't expect the government to subsidise it (Perhaps a gross simplification of the American way, but this is nanog, not alt.politics.mumble).
Current thread:
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger, (continued)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Jared Mauch (Aug 24)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Sean Figgins (Aug 24)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger John Levine (Aug 25)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Iljitsch van Beijnum (Aug 25)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger John Levine (Aug 25)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Jared Mauch (Aug 25)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Iljitsch van Beijnum (Aug 26)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Daniel Golding (Aug 24)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Joe Abley (Aug 24)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Joel Jaeggli (Aug 24)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Simon Waters (Aug 25)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Randy Bush (Aug 24)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Lewis Butler (Aug 25)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Steve Gibbard (Aug 25)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Iljitsch van Beijnum (Aug 26)
- Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger Larry Smith (Aug 23)