[farmfriend]

market is rejecting?

The market is not rejecting this. The market is asking for specific deregulation in exchange they will be required to upgrade central office equipment to provide high-speed access.

[JohnGalt]

I have no issue with you; I think your proposal is reasonable enough. I was responding to another chap who thinks we should kick in a few dollars...

[Ben Ficklin]

Tech Central Station.com has published much on this subject over the last several months. They don't think much of Tauzin's bill.

[meia]

In the early part of the 20th century, didn't the federal government mandate that electricity and phone lines had to be run to rural customers no matter how far they lived out in the boonies? Didn't this result in the advantages and conveniences of electricity and phone service being available to everyone in the country regardless of where they lived?

[Leroy S. Mort]

The market is not rejecting this. The market is asking for specific deregulation in exchange they will be required to upgrade central office equipment to provide high-speed access.

In theory it sounds like a good idea. But I question 1) whether the technology exists and 2) whether the Telcos can make a buck from it. What I DON'T want to see is something like the telephone charge we all now pay to support rural telephone service. Folks in the hinterlands can limp along at 44K forever before I'd support that.

[Nataku X]

The market is not rejecting this. The market is asking for specific deregulation in exchange they will be required to upgrade central office equipment to provide high-speed access.

Sounds reasonable enough. You have my support.