Agreed, couldn't have said it better myself. On 12/18/06, Craig White wrote: > yeah, it's incredibly cost ineffective to wire rural America but it's > urban America that is still lagging incredibly. > > The issue is simply a matter of priorities...when America decided that > it was a priority to put a man on the moon, it got done. If and when > America decides that it is important to put 90% of America's population > on broadband Internet, it will get done. Until then, it will remain > captive to the corporate interests that will prioritize content > providers that provide alternative revenue streams. > > 79% of the population lives in urban areas > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States > > This report suggest that 24% rural and 39% urban broadband penetration > http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Rural_Broadband.pdf > > Anecdotal? Corporate interests will subjugate Americans to a very > unfavorable position in technology as I see it. > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- "Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it." -Napoleon Bonaparte --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss