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If by America you mean the citizens, yes we want to do it and have made it quite clear we've wanted it for quite a while. First problem is the cost of the infr
by talmand 10y ago
If by America you mean the citizens, yes we want to do it and have made it quite clear we've wanted it for quite a while.
First problem is the cost of the infrastructure for such a huge space. We did offer to subsidize it to a point and the companies took the money without delivering. As usual, no repercussions.
Second problem is very few politicians, in office or wishing to run, will listen to the citizens and prefer taking money from corporations to maintain the status quo.
It's a bigger issue than it seems on the outside.
- hash-set 10y agoThe US has a corruption problem.
- Aloha 10y agoIn general, democracies have corruption problems, the US doesn't seem any worse than the median.
- rootusrootus 10y agoWhile true, it's not the entire explanation. Apathy is far more of a factor here than corruption; average citizens don't care enough about their Internet access choices to lobby their politicians about it. The incumbent providers do a pretty good job of offering just enough service to keep average people satisfied at a price that is not quite high enough to make customers really angry.
- rayiner 10y ago> If by America you mean the citizens, yes we want to do it and have made it quite clear we've wanted it for quite a while. Did you hear anyone talk about broadband during this year's presidential election?
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Did you hear anyone talk about broadband during this year's presidential election? While it's hard to hear much about policy plans over the personal, historical, and character attacks this cycle, yes, I've heard Clinton promoting her "broadband for all" plan, as well as seen some criticism of and debate about it in the press, etc. Here's an article from earlier this month: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/hillary-clinton-vs-donald-trump-on-broadband-she-has-a-plan-he-doesnt/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/10/hillary-clinton-v...
- rayiner 10y agoClinton's proposal is the usual appeal to rural voters by talking about the "broadband gap." That has little to do with fiber, which is presumably what 'talmund was talking about.