THE OBAMA-TRONS JAMMED COMCAST and now Comcast is going to jam you and me
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As part of its merger with NBC Universal earlier this year, Comcast is required to provide 2.5 million low-income households with high-speed Internet for less than $10 a month; computers for less than $150 a month; and digital literacy training, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
A program launching this week in partnership with the Comcast cable provider seeks to change that. Families with children who qualify for free school lunches can sign up for low-cost, high-speed Internet, buy a computer at a discount and take free Internet training.
“Access to the Internet is akin to a civil rights issue for the 21st Century,” said David Cohen, Comcast executive vice president. “It’s that access that enables people in poorer areas to equalize access to a quality education, quality healthcare and vocational opportunities.”
napscoordinator, read this!
I bet my grandfather who only made it through 8th grade was better educated than these kids with their computers and internet service.
Anything the democrat scroungers want is now a civil right, and it's the slave laborers who have to provide it for them.
Starve the beast. Free the tax slaves. Let them find their own jobs for a change.
Thanks for the quote.
I was about to write a nice capitalistic justification for the move, but seems it’s socialistic instead.
That is wrong and wonder if it is truly legal. The only legitimate concern for anti-trust enforcement should be competition. Not enforcement of the social vision of the government of the day.
Comcast can’t sue, but I think a stockholder or customer could have standing to sue over this.
I have no problem with a private business offering a break to low income customers, indeed it’s laudable. I have a major problem with the US Government abusing it’s authority to compel charity.
Thanks!