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Wrong point
The author didn't say that all rural residents could afford broadband. He wrote that "many "can afford it. The point he was trying to make is that the cost to extend service to rural areas would be born by urbanites regardless of income. I.e: a rural person earning middle-class wages would have the cost of broadband subsidized by urbanites earning much less, simply based on geographic location. He did mention that a case could be made for basing subsidy costs on income, but that historicy indicates that would not happen.

The author did mention that rural residents are "high-cost." I took that to mean that he recognizes that it costs more per capita to provide services in the boonies than in manhattan.

I also agree that letting "policy wonks" run things is a terrible idea. Just look at the regulatory mess that the PSTN has become.
Posted by: Letophoro   Posted on: 04/27/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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WRONG city boy!  kd5auq | 04/27/04
Wrong point  Letophoro | 04/27/04
Univeral "broadband" service does subsidies.  kd5auq | 04/27/04
subsidizing luxuries  toadlife | 04/27/04
You don't see it because...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/28/04
Same whine, different year!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/27/04
Axe is right (I feel dizzy)  jellyclock | 04/28/04
jellyclock, this is one we see eye to eye on.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/28/04
Dont Understand just  ParadigmOdyssey | 04/27/04
Let the market do it's thing  toadlife | 04/27/04
Can I hear an AMEN  Squawkbox | 04/27/04
History says you are 100% dead wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/28/04
Can't afford to wait.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/28/04
Your examples are not swaying me  toadlife | 04/28/04
Actually no.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/28/04
DirectTV  toadlife | 04/28/04
build a monopoly broadband service then unbundle it?  oldskool | 04/27/04
And yet, a monopoly service beats no service.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/28/04
Why is it . . . ?  James Dean_z | 04/28/04

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