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broadband stimulus project is moving forwards in the manner most familiar to our federal bureaucracy: meetings. Lots and lots of meetings. The inaugural soiree was recently held at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's swank Washington, D.C. headquarters, and included bon mots such as this one by acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps: "Where's the policy for broadband? Where's the action? Where's the beef?"
Ouch. Among the first items of business, the group must figure out exactly which connectivity solution to back, with several companies weighing in -- most of 'em (including Spaceway and Wild Blue) going the pure broadband route, while an outfit called AlphaStar has a hybrid satellite / terrestrial service (where the satellite backbone connects to homes over terrestrial wireless systems). Also to be debated is the wisdom of privately owned vs. municipally owned wireless broadband. Either way, we sure hope that our nation's unwired get some help soon -- why should Boxxy have all the fun?
posted Mar 12th 2009 6:41PM
why that video ? WHY ???????
millions of videos on youtube and you had to choose the cancer that killed /b/
i. love. boxxy. that's why.
/b/ IS cancer. Cancer can't get cancer.
I pulled up Engadget and saw the pic and threw up a little in my mouth
Seriously ... why that pic
@ giantenemycrab
i herd u liek mudkips ?
is that a mudkips in your avatar ?
FAIL !!!
cuz Boxxy + Engadget = ♥
She's the ugliest tumor has ever created.
.... and I ... can't ... look away.
lol...I still think those videos are like the greatest youtube trolling ever done. Everyone took them way too seriously.
OMFG... Wow. Boxxy, on my engadget?!
What the hell is this. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuu
...I thought she was from Canada.
I have no idea what this stupid meme is about. I hate the internet sometimes.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
ITT people breaking the first two rules
could've been worse - they might have given us a dose of GIRUGAMESH
I'd hit it.
I wouldnt, at least not with that makeup looking like something out of Naruto
...... not that i watch Naruto -_-
Boxxy and rickrolling are memes that I actually kind of like. How can you not think she's cute? Every time you see her it's eye candy. Yeah Rickrolling can be kind of a pain when you realize you are that gullible after you click the link, but hey at least you get to listen to a pretty good song.
@Decoy,
Rules 1 and 2 only apply to raids.
Do you even know what rules 1 and 2 are?
DT, ISC.
Her videos are addictive to watch, its like visual crack
Forgive my ignorance, but who the $%^& is the tween with the bad eye makeup and why the hell would anyone care what she thinks?
boxxy wordfilters to....oh nevermind.
holy crap. i just found out how boxxy is.
/b/ is filled with children, there is no more cancer, it's dead. Get over it.
Boxxy is the best thing that's ever happened to that shit hole, they should be glad she graced them with her presence.
OP is epic winrar
where's my rule 34 for gadgets?????
I don't know /b/ very well, but why do people say that /b/ is dead now? What different now from what it used to be?
Note to government: More fiber to my front door please. Thank you.
PS: Make it cheap.
Seconded.
Eat some Wheaties.
Oats > Wheaties
Satellite??!? EWWW!
Boxxy Really?
WHO THE FUCK IS BOXXY????!!!!
Don't know.
Don't care.
Omg is she cock-eyed?
No, but for Boxxy, I can make that happen.
:3
engadget has swooped down to /b/elow standards, anon warned us about this...
OMG, troll?
Rule 34 on Zak and Clak plox
Hi, my name is Coxxy.
I see what you did thar.
Rural teens = the last group you want to have more of on the internet.
well, unless you are myspace. Hell I bet myspace is jumping for joy.
Prepare for the deluge of teens with sleeveless shirts, gun-racks, pick-up trucks, and MySpace pictures featuring them drinking on ragged couches on the front lawn.
Really, I wanted the internet to be an escape from my surroundings.
i hate to say that but kinda take offence to that. im from the country and im now where near that where not all that but (but some are real douche bags lol)
Nice, your engadget icon is my computer and cellphone wallpaper.
I'd hit you for that stereotypical remark, but I need another Grain Belt and the sheriff just called and told me my cow is back on interstate 94 blocking the right lane. BBL
lol Boxy
Rural does not mean southern redneck hick. Please don't deny me stricter broadband guidelines that would increase my local broadband to acceptable speeds. My one square-mile town surrounded by corn currently has a monopoly on communications because my ignorant, older, voting neighbors decided to allow our telephone company sole provider rights. I, as such, pay $60 a month for a phone/DSL package that consists of a 1024/128 line. I kid you not - my upload is maxed at 128.
If I travel to the next slightly-larger city I could get a cable line.
That cable line = 10 ping to Chicago servers.
My DSL line = 80 ping.
My point being here - I want federal guidelines to prevent things like my teleco's sole grasp on our market and not letting other providers in - or at least that they should provide faster speeds.
I just YouTube'd "Boxxy." Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Quit pissing on Thompson's grave.
haha awesome. Cocaine's a hell of a drug.
Rick James Bitch
I can't believe they used that pic; I think i threw up a little in my mouth.
well played engadget. well played
I was about to put "I'm Single!" ... that dream now crushed :)
wtf just happened I think I should go to bed
Boxxybabe for the win!
I think 4chan users are going to go nuts over this.
satellite service already exists for rural america! what's new here? "I" am rural america, it takes me 250 ms to ping a machine 40 miles from my house - and an additional 60 ms to ping a machine 13000 miles away in india. don't waste our time or money pursuing getting more people on this bad, existing system - we need to make it a requirement that the solution be terrestrial only. and a big ugly video from youtube can kill my quota for a day, let alone any HD quality content (or the auto-updates my computers like to install on their own these days). satellite is not a solution!!!
Ok, that chick is seriously hot O.O
and I'm 16, before anyone make pedo jokes
You didn't say we couldn't tease you about bestiality, though. I didn't know raccoons could work a webcam.
@The Dude
You assumed raccoons couldn't work a webcam? They have tiny dexterous fingers, and at least the intelligence of mice.
Well, at least the one pictured above appears to.
Underage b&
God I hate boxxy. Go die already.
Should've used a Glau pic ':3
MMmm summer would be nice too, ya.
"nice too"? Are you seriously equating Summer Glau....and Boxxy.
I had never heard of boxxy before, but now I know. Thank you engadget.
"And knowing is half the battle."
- G.I.-mother-fuckin'-Joe
I live only 16 miles from Portland, OR yet I have to pay $400/mo on a three year contract for a partial T1 (1Mb up/down) because satellite doesn't cut it for VPN, and DSL and Cable broadband are unavailable out here. I, for one, welcome our new bountiful-broadband-bribing overlords.
Think thats bad try having a vpn on 128kb satellite connection on a workboat, 900+ ms ping time for the win.
you are getting rapped
@hiro256, I also have sat connection on fishing vessel and yes, I thought my 850ms was bad...
You win.
We love you, Boxxy!!
boxxy? in my engadget?
It's more likely than you think.
Boxxy is awesome. /b/ can suck it.
man, just what my rss feeds didn't need - a dose of boxxy.
still, hurrah for rural broadband, even though I live in a city.
Okay i had no idea who boxxy was until 10 minutes but if you're like me and didn't know the read this
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Boxxy
Or try you tube but beware I already hate her. Most likely do the same thing to you.
Pretty hot but it still hate her.
Beware links in the encyclopediadramatica article.
You've been warned.
Pimping apple for pageviews is one thing, but descending to this is the limit.
I wonder how anon will react to this?
She is definitely one of the goofiest girls on youtube, but I don't know how she is so hated. The things I have read about her are horrible, but all her videos don't seem that outrageous that I could find.
In after shitstorm.
Also, why Boxxy?
in B4 shitstorm
^^^ fix'd
satellite is terrible... fixed terrestrial wireless is much better...
what is this i don't even
hopefully this will destroy time warners monopoly and lousy service and massive throttling.
government working on another big bowl of FAIL. i thought the MARKET determined the best technology for individual MARKETS? silly me. They'll invest in something and by the time they're finished new technology will have come along (probably terrestrial wireless of sort) and make the whole "investment" a waste. No one has the right to my labor.
lulz
Fortunately I live in a Metropolitan area and can have all kinds of options for highspeed internet. But for example my parent live far out in BFE and well id rather stab myself with a spoon than use their fastest for of internet which is in fact dialup and the fastest ive clocked it was 28.8 baud rate. Ya 20 years behind I know. They arn't even getting the full potential of a 56k modem. But there is an alternative. Wild Blue Satalight internet and their premium package that costs a wopping $89 american your fastest upload is 1.5mbs. Can you say your getting screwed? I think so. Oh they have a monthly bandwidth cap on it too. Screw that. I think its time to come up with something else. I get faster speeds on my iphone on the edge network at their house than that.
Kermit's reaction to boxxy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaU_S26LYU
I have no respect for Engadget anymoar...
AHH!! BOXXY!!! *Hide*
Fucking Boxxy? Really, Engadget? Well... TITS OR GTFO!
All talking about the odd person at the top of the page aside...
I don't think very much (if any) will go to Satellite companies. Though the stated purpose of the bill is to "fund broadband" - it is really intended for job creation. Giving money to a company that does not have to invest in infrastructure and deployment doesn't really meet that goal. Sure, you'll see token amounts to startups and the like, but most of it will go to big, entrenched players for infrastructure improvements.
And besides, the vast majority of said package goes to RUS-funded projects. Last I checked the sat-service companies (as much as they might want to be) are not RUS-certified. I don't think their equipment is >50% manufactured in the US, which is one of the RUS requirements.
Lastly, the primary benefactors of the money are going to be telcos. Satellite companies don't deploy to customers the same way - and so they won't be eligible for most of this money.
All these people know Boxxy, and I don't?
Am I sheltered even on the internet? :-/
....I just decided to youtube "boxxy cause I didn't know who that was... She is very loud and random... weird...
Ok, first I see a pic of hot chick on front page, second I notice she's known for something, I do a little research watch a few videos, find out she talks to a webcam like millions of youtube users do, lots of hate comments, weird.
Gaming aside, if money was poured into satellite, speeds would easily improve. For business, does latency really matter?
Up until about 15 minutes ago, I had no idea who Boxie or now annoying tween was. Needless to say I wish I never found out. I personally feel engadget should award me one of their give away prizes for subjecting me to that. In order to cure my ignorance, I watched the video on the encyclopedia link some posted. I am not sure if annoying tween is smart or human enough to know what a metaphor is, but after watching the video, I am positive Addy, who annoying tween loves, is actually adderall.