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Technology Liberation Front: Should Government Funding Be Part of a Broadband Plan? Have Your Say on November 18

  • mwendy · 1 year ago
    We are all Keynesians now, Drew. Just how far does government think it should take it to meet its moving goalpost? A house of cards clearly exists - the USF (or like) v. rate re-balancing to help get us more broadband. US policy has removed most of pricing signals (rate re-balancing) that would allow particpants to enter under-served markets. The USF and other subsidies - the political animal born from Theodore Vails enlightened self-interest - are "too big to fail," and rate re-balancing to politcally distasteful; the only option left is to expand government's role in the roll out.