Comments on: Oh, Speaking of Broadband–What the Hell Is It? http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090821/whatisbroadband/ by John Paczkowski Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Welch http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090821/whatisbroadband/comment-page-1/#comment-12661 Eric Welch Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:02:23 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=23454#comment-12661 Broadband has been a fiasco in the US, and it's because of the fundamentalist economics that drives business. Give the absolute least amount for the most blood they can squeeze from the proverbial rock (public). Bandwidth caps, poor service, excessive charges, massive profits and falling infrastructure costs all go to making the broadband providers rich. While we - who pay for all this - get third world quality service. Best broadband I ever used was in a hotel in Jaipur, India. Worst, a hotel on the east coast of Zanzibar, which was only slightly worse than a hotel in Tucson. Broadband has been a fiasco in the US, and it’s because of the fundamentalist economics that drives business. Give the absolute least amount for the most blood they can squeeze from the proverbial rock (public).

Bandwidth caps, poor service, excessive charges, massive profits and falling infrastructure costs all go to making the broadband providers rich. While we – who pay for all this – get third world quality service.

Best broadband I ever used was in a hotel in Jaipur, India. Worst, a hotel on the east coast of Zanzibar, which was only slightly worse than a hotel in Tucson.

]]> By: Mac Beach http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090821/whatisbroadband/comment-page-1/#comment-12571 Mac Beach Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:38:18 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=23454#comment-12571 Excellent source. I try and tell people that this is why "big business" loves big government spending programs. One way or another they get most of it. Competition really does work... when it's allowed to happen. Excellent source. I try and tell people that this is why “big business” loves big government spending programs. One way or another they get most of it.

Competition really does work… when it’s allowed to happen.

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