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> We're talking about subsidies to the poor to access the informational content of the internet. I don't think it's a good use of public money to subsidize hig
by venomsnake 12y ago
> We're talking about subsidies to the poor to access the informational content of the internet. I don't think it's a good use of public money to subsidize high-bandwidth games and entertainment.
Have you seen the size of Visual Studio lately. Or photo shop. Or Linux installs. Or their ability to have a normal cloud backup.
- rayiner 12y agoPoor people can afford Visual Studio or Photoshop? Cloud backup for what, so they can access their data from home or work?
- venomsnake 12y agoBoth VS and Creative Suite have free/trial version. Cloud backup for not losing accumulated photos/videos and memories. Of course a poor guy would have great use of all those online courses he will access trough wifi, if he cannot obtain the needed software.
- rayiner 12y agoVS Express 2010 is a 800 meg download. So 15-20 minute download on LTE, for something you'll use for months or years. Even 2013 is only a one-to-two hour download over LTE. It'd be far cheaper for the government to just pay for the LTE bandwidth for the small number of people who will avail themselves of these things than to build fiber out to everyone hoping a few will do so.
- EpicEng 12y agoSo...it takes longer to download? Who is in such a rush to download an IDE that they will be significantly disadvantaged of they can't do it in under 15 minutes?