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bloc posted on Jul 24, 2007
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"As recently as 2001, the percentage of the population with high-speed access in Japan and Germany was only half that in the United States. In France it was less than a quarter. By the end of 2006, however, all three countries had more broadband subscribers per 100 people than we did... [W]hen the Bush administration put Michael Powell in charge of the FCC, the digital robber barons were basically set free to do whatever they liked. As a result, there's little competition in U.S. broadband — if you're lucky, you have a choice between the services offered by the local cable monopoly and the local phone monopoly. The price is high and the service is poor, but there's nowhere else to go."
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silverwhisper said on Jul 24, 2007....
isn't this in part a legacy issue re: the cable companies and their actual, in-ground cable?
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bloc said on Jul 24, 2007....
the part that gives them lobbying power ;) -
SeanRenaud said on Jul 24, 2007....
Yeah, this is a bad situation we ended up with on this one. Damnable monopolies. -
lioneljay said on Jul 24, 2007....
There you go: the genius of the market system shows through again.
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