I think to discuss it as a technical problem is to put their heads in the sand. It's a political problem - one of the two major American political parties oppos

I think to discuss it as a technical problem is to put their heads in the sand. It's a political problem - one of the two major American political parties opposes government spending on principle and also opposes public services in particular; they favor policies that increase profit to big business. In this comment I'm not saying that the party is right or wrong, but that these are the consequences of their policies, for good or ill. I understand that many would like to avoid politics. Citylab wants to focus on technical issues; Bill Gates cares about education, but AFAIK ignores how the same problem is one of the largest obstacles to improving education in the U.S.; people on HN are the same - they don't want to discuss politics. Don't discuss it then, but then the discussion you do have is as pertinent as talking about technical solutions to your overloaded bandwidth, which are well known, when the real problem is that the CIO intentionally underfunds it.