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When you have profitable ISP's...
like AT&T that are laying off people just because Wall Street is eat up with greed, there is no need to get excired about these investments. As long as these investments are going to publicly traded companies, the money will just get sucked up and redistibuted to the greedy investors and top management.

The broadband infrastructure will need to be nationalized if we are to see any real improvements. Just like the interstate system. If the interstate system was run by private enterprise, we would be low on the list in that respect as well.

There are some things that are too important to the well being of this nation to trust to Corporate America. Profit motive is one thing but it has been supplanted by pure greed. Corporations can no longer be trusted with the future of America's broadband.
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When you have profitable ISP's...  bjbrock | 12/06/08
Nationalized internet?  Prognosticator | 12/07/08
Terrific, yet patently obvious, if you'll excuse the pun.  fr0thy2 | 12/07/08
If the highway systrm was owned...  bjbrock | 12/07/08
If highways were privately owned...  Erik Engbrecht | 12/09/08
Your wrong  stano360 | 12/08/08
And we all know where socialist ends up...nt  USTechHead | 12/08/08
One question...who is going to pay for it?  FinanceBuzz | 12/08/08
Greed  mikefarinha | 12/07/08
More "massaged" it.  fr0thy2 | 12/07/08
But wait, there's more.  kozmcrae | 12/07/08
George Bush  ksroe@... | 12/08/08
Don't expect any improvements  Telexer | 12/08/08
You would make a good Kommisar  osreinstall | 12/08/08
You lefties are scary  FinanceBuzz | 12/08/08
Operator Error  Jkirk3279 | 12/10/08
Well Said !!!!!  RealPauper | 01/17/09
Socialist view?  sbass@... | 12/08/08
I can answer one question  voska1 | 12/08/08
Stone Age...  Marty R. Milette | 12/22/08
right on the money.  red bandit | 12/08/08
Haven't we been here before?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 12/07/08
I've never heard of that.  mikefarinha | 12/08/08
Actually  gnesterenko | 12/08/08
Fibre in the city  misceng | 12/08/08
Disturbing mental image from your post .... he he he  RealPauper | 01/17/09
Good Point !!!  RealPauper | 01/17/09
The American way...  Marty R. Milette | 12/23/08
RE: Obama:  malcarada | 12/07/08
Fairness Doctrine  mikefarinha | 12/08/08
Scary story (if true) about Google already censoring to help Obama.  enduser_z | 12/08/08
Low Income Neighborhoods, IPTV  USArcher | 12/07/08
You can't make cellphones  fr0thy2 | 12/07/08
HUH ?????  RealPauper | 01/18/09
Where in the U.S. Constitution...  Henrik Moller | 12/08/08
Where in the US Constitution.....  unclefixer@... | 12/08/08
No one is trying to...  Henrik Moller | 12/09/08
Go ahead and 'rant' !!  RealPauper | 01/18/09
Analog Phone Service  kenneth.kelley@... | 12/09/08
This is good news!  eli_pwnd | 12/07/08
Government controlled Internet = Censorship & Taxes  wackoae | 12/07/08
I have to agree  Lerianis | 12/08/08
You make those tradeoffs...  DonRupertBitByte | 12/08/08
Free government service?  dominigan | 12/08/08
Answer  gnesterenko | 12/08/08
Blind faith  dominigan | 12/08/08
Government Controlled?  sgtm8@... | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  MrViklund | 12/08/08
Disturbed  pllamonica@... | 12/08/08
To me the problem is.....  dellpj@... | 12/08/08
Your kidding.....right?  bigsibling | 12/08/08
Obama  royd3rawn | 12/09/08
Why is low broadband penetration a bad thing?  Erik Engbrecht | 12/08/08
Couldn't agree more...  arod69 | 12/08/08
life away from the city  red bandit | 12/08/08
Why should I pay?  Erik Engbrecht | 12/09/08
You Can Get a High-speed Internet Service anywhere...  TheCableGuyNY | 12/31/08
First of all ...  RealPauper | 01/17/09
And second ...  RealPauper | 01/17/09
YES !!!  RealPauper | 01/18/09
RE: Obama:  wargammer2005 | 12/08/08
empty head  cwallen19803@... | 12/08/08
Stop whining indeed...  arod69 | 12/08/08
hmm?  gnesterenko | 12/08/08
When The Obama raises electricity rates...  bricar2 | 12/08/08
hmm  gnesterenko | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  bbwalters@... | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  FinanceBuzz | 12/08/08
Great idea, but must be done right  Robb_Henshaw | 12/08/08
RE: Obama: Lack of Broadband Availability is also a National Security Issue  lcarliner@... | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  TheBulgar@... | 12/08/08
Broadband Availability is already Affecting Property Values  lcarliner@... | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  rrossr | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  tburzio | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  keith.stocker@... | 12/08/08
RE: Obama:  Phoenix666 | 12/09/08
http://www.speedmatters.org/  ejhonda | 12/09/08
RE: Obama - Broadband  ncimon@... | 12/09/08
How we can ALL get Broadband  RadicalYellowDuck | 12/09/08
I think he and a lot of people are missing the obvious..  dinosaur_z | 12/12/08
Size of country issue is baloney...  Marty R. Milette | 12/23/08
Obama's version of the OLPC project ...  RealPauper | 01/18/09

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