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**MizzDaizzy** · 06-21-2010, 02:47 PM

Wow, bit scary when your own goverment buys out the competition so it can lay out it's own broadband. I say big brother as I see things getting very Chinese regards your internet laws....Not only that but it must surely bring in some big privacy issues!

http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...band-deal.html

Think of it as being like a company that owns the roads, if other companies wanted to use it, they had to pay high tolls and drive at a low speed, whereas the owning company was able to use it for a very cheap rate and drive as fast as the road would let them.

What the Government has done is effectively buy the road and it will be allowing every company to use it at the same toll and speeds.

They've been proposing the same thing here for years for exactly the same reason, TELECOM are screwing any other networks wanting to use the lines!

06-21-2010, 02:47 PM	#10
MizzDaizzy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	Wow, bit scary when your own goverment buys out the competition so it can lay out it's own broadband. I say big brother as I see things getting very Chinese regards your internet laws....Not only that but it must surely bring in some big privacy issues! http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...band-deal.html Think of it as being like a company that owns the roads, if other companies wanted to use it, they had to pay high tolls and drive at a low speed, whereas the owning company was able to use it for a very cheap rate and drive as fast as the road would let them. What the Government has done is effectively buy the road and it will be allowing every company to use it at the same toll and speeds. They've been proposing the same thing here for years for exactly the same reason, TELECOM are screwing any other networks wanting to use the lines!
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