[PCWorld]

Post your comments for FCC Moves Toward National Broadband Policy here

[iaroot]

Coming soon - A National Cable Television Policy, A National Cell Phone Policy. For those of you who already pay for these services - you now have a chance to pay for the same services for everyone else........

[PoorBird]

Sounds good...real good...but there are places right here in NC with no cell reception (any carrier), no cable TV, and so forth....and there are places within this country where there is no power...admittedly, few of those places....
but to be truly "broadband for the people", service needs be available at 5Mbps with unlimited bandwidth usage for $40/month, or less.... cost to the end user MUST be a major component of any plan
to provide "broadband for the people". We currently have a nominal 7Mbps connection, with soon-to-be-implemented bandwidth caps that will likely cost us more, at $42/month (bundled with cable)...and it is beginning to stress the budget now. I just can't wait to see
how the government is going to help us out.

[number6]

Who really wants socialized broadband? The Canadians have socialized medicine and they come to the States when they can to get treated. The U.S. Government has a monopoly on delivering envelopes and we never know if our mail will get to its destination intact if at all. Which is better: public schools or private schools?
As soon as the government gets involved it drives out competition and removes the drive for excellence.

[inuyasha]

the article says they want public input, where do we go to give our public input? i belive it would be better in the long run to bulk up the existing infastructure and remove the "need" for the bandwidth caps, than to add more to an already "overloaded" broadband network. its fairly easy to go over your monthly limit when you factor in streaming movies, and music downloads (the legal kind). its been said the cd is dyeing, and being replaced with products like itunes, or the amazon music store. and what exactly is the FCC terming as broadband? there was a time when a 128k isdn was considered broadband. i agree with poorbird, price is a major concern too. whats the sense of being able to get broadband everywhere if you cant afford it?- but on that note, what about wildblue? does that not count as broadband, and you can get that almost anywhere. just some food for thought
PS, grant, can we get a link to where we submit our input to the fcc?