http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/ Engadget Comments for FCC reevaluates US broadband competitiveness, finds 14 to 24 million lack access http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
uh theres no conspiracy here. its just common sense, lots of people dont have broadband (people who live where the cows outnumber the people)]]>Jul 22nd 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
shush i was making a funny.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 1:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
THIS, folks, is why we need this legislation. We need a plan that involves the United States NOT being among the lowest-tiered internet-developed nations. We need to be LEADERS in innovation. We need to push forward the boundaries of science and tech.

This is pathetic. This partisan bickering about who's at fault and who's to blame. This is for the FUTURE! A future where America can prosper from the seeds sown now.

I think everyone can agree that our current pace of internet development is slow, arduous and riddled with problems like geographic monopolies. ISPs would rather sit back on their haunches knowing that they're screwing us over, and there's no competition we can go to for better rates.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Oh, and in before "Giving free internet to everyone? Ha!"

This is a piece of SUGGESTION legislation. This is not a plan by the government to take over the internet or provide free internet to everyone. That's just absurd.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
So....no real refutation? Alright then. Continue to make fun of my capitalization! Wouldn't want to rain on your parade!

Sorry about the overuse of capitalization. Just read it like a speech with the proper inflection. That's what I was going for.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Wanna be leaders in innovation? Stop taxing tech companies to death, go nuclear power, return to a strict conservative school curriculum which heavily focuses on Math and Science.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Yep. Tax the rich, not businesses. Thorium power plants FTW.

Regarding the curriculum: I agree, heavy math and science, but conservative? Don't really get that whole thing.... Doesn't matter if it's conservative or liberal as long as it's math and science.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
In retrospect, what do you define as "taxing businesses to death"? As it is the biggest companies have ways around taxation. Exxon Mobil payed NO federal income tax. The burden has to be placed somewhere. Certainly there should (and are) tax breaks to new businesses and small business owners. Also, taxing the rich.

Before you get into "but but trickle down economics!", keep in mind that it was a failed strategy of the 80s. We know that trickle down economics doesn't work.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/With less than 4mbps
Is in the country, my uncle has1mbps from verizon and he could get 7.2 but he doesn't need it he only uses Facebook, email googlemaps and some occasional YouTube so it's good enough
I think 2mbps would be a good enough minimum speed we should be focusing on bringing latency lower
I remember there being this special router that gives priority to video streams and video games by using I'd tags to keep the right suff flowing while only the regular web access gets halted a bit and it keeps the router from getting backed up on work]]>Jul 22nd 2010 4:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Are you sure? Have you ever read about the 200 billion broadband scandal from the Clinton era?

http://www.newnetworks.com/ShortSCANDALSummary.htm]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/I guess you don't realize that those countries are smaller than most US states in terms of geographic area.

It's ignorance like this which drives me nuts. Same goes for all the eco-freaks and non-US people who think that we CAN get rid of our pickups, SUVs, etc. and buy tiny 40mpg two seaters. They just don't grasp how big the US is, how far we drive and what we need to take with us. One of the largest misunderstandings is grocery trips. We don't have stores "just around the corner" where we can stop every day or walk there from home. Not in most places. That's why most Americans shop for a week or more. Try putting two weeks of groceries for a family of 4-6 in a Mini!]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Hell, with a diaper bag and baby stroller already taking up space, then go shopping for a box of diapers, a pack of cat litter, bag of cat food, some TP and other paper products, and some detergent bottles, that pretty much fills the trunk of my wife's Jeep Compass... She's got room in there for maybe 6-10 grocery bags (small plastic ones), piled on top and then she can't see out the back window.

When I used to have a chrysler sedan, there were several times we went on a shopping run, hitting Target for a few household items, a clothing store, then grocery, and we filled the trunk, back seat, and had bags by her feet in the front of the car... A trip to Sam's club to stock the pantry would never have worked out.

If I had a grocery store around the corner, sure, I could stop every day, but that would be a colossal waste of time... Plus, on the "big days" what would we do? We don't buy 2 or 3 rolls of TP at a time like they do in many countries, we buy the big 36 roll packs to save money. Simple trips to Lowes would mean renting the trailer almost every time (if the car could tow one). Hell, we go on a trip to my Parents for a long weekend with the kid, and we have trouble being comfortable in the mini-van between all the baby crap we have to cart along, suitcases, gifts, laptops, camera gear, etc.

When your whole family lives in the same country, and that country is the size of CT or VT, things get a lot easier. We have family scattered across the entire east coast, I'm 10 minurtes from the closest grocer, and it;s not on my way from work, not even close. The mall and most shopping is in a completely different direction, and 20 minutes away. Quick trips after work are not options, we go on weekends, and we don't buy 1 or 2 things... Ultra-compacts just do not work here in the states, unless you live in a dense city or use them exclusively for commuting. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
It's cute how I get downranked without any explanation whatsoever. What exactly have I said that has you all disagreeing with me?]]>Jul 22nd 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
If you GIVE people that want to live in the sticks the SAME SERVICES as people in Cities and Suburbes get, then I DEMAND those people in the sticks get taxed so the government can BUY UP every building within 1 mile of my residency so I can have the "wide open spaces" these people have.

Come on people, if you want City services MOVE. If you want the wide open spaces MOVE. But DO NOT expect ME to be taxed to hell so YOU can have something you shouldn't have because of the prohibitive cost.

I'm tired of left wingnuts spending everyone elses money.]]>Jul 24th 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Yeah, we really need the goverment to give a small push to internet speeds and reliablity. Over here where I live, we have no broadband access:/ ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
You should watch the local news sometime and realize your local ghettos are stealing the copper lines off the telephone poles and selling the copper, there's gangs and groups of kids are cutting power to cellphone towers to vandalize.
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"No matter how great socialism sounds to you it isn't economical to lay 100 miles of fiber cable for 12 households to get HSI"

two completely unrelated ideas strung together to make an invalid point]]>Jul 22nd 2010 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
I think the task to do is to stop monopolies, take back the last mile and let who ever can implement the last mile do it.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Why are we supposed to spend tons of taxpayer money to the small part of the population that has decided to live in areas that are expensive to serve? They've made a choice between living away from population centers, which is fine, but should we provide them not only internet, but also first run movies, gas subsidies, a Whole Foods nearby and other urban amenities?]]>Jul 22nd 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 1:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
We all know what that's code for: Government should regulate/run it. No thanks. I'm so tired of this propaganda about how everything is a "right" and how the government should be given tons of power to make everyone "equal."

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Requirement vs Reality! DSL speeds are limited by many factors.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Looks like I don't get broadband from Roadrunner.

15 down and just .4 up. Kind of pathetic.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
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And whats wrong with that?]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
I'm in the middle of NC and the best Time Warner does is 10 down and 512 up.

Because obviously just having one of the countries largest biotech and research markets in the country it's obviously not a priority for Time Warner Cable to make sure the residents have access to faster broadband. All we need to do with broadband is email photos of cats and then everyone just sits on the porch spitting in a can.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
My Time Warner does the same crap too. Been with them for 7 yrs and the D/L keeps increasing but the U/L is the same I had 7 yrs ago. WTH.

Does this mean I fall in the category of people who don't have access to broadband? Because this is the best internet availabe in my area.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
And here i am thinking that that was pretty fast. Cablevision is getting a phone call. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Speedtest.net says 5.66 down and 2 up. Thats ok with me i guess.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Now i tried a different server and i'm getting 18mbps down and 2 up.

Whats a proper way to check your bandwidth speeds??]]>Jul 22nd 2010 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
I live in a freaking broadband dead zone. Oh and I live 15 mins outside of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the US.

*sigh* I hate dial up.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/
Damn dude. Thats harsh. I could never imagine having to go back to dialup...]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/fcc-reevaluates-us-broadband-competitiveness-finds-14-to-24-mil/Jul 22nd 2010 2:48AM