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Scatcatpdx

Fur It Up

join:2007-06-22

Portland, OR 2 recommendations Scatcatpdx Member Here We Go Again We can have Government funded socialistic welfare broadband when you can pry my wallet out of cold dead hands.



Oh I forgot they already can It is called all the death tax.



This is all this argument is all about: roll out the poor and rural folks to demand government buy you the latest toys.

Dogfather

Premium Member

join:2007-12-26

Laguna Hills, CA 3 edits 2 recommendations Dogfather Premium Member Gimmie gimmie gimmie Residential broadband has gone from non-existance to necessity in 10 years?



Oh brother. The whiners are looking for low latency broadband since satellite internet is nearly universally available. At my remote property, no less than 15 miles from the local CO I had DRS and it worked great. Sorry if Verizon and Comcast aren't charitable enough to lose billions deploying in BFE just to support your P2P piracy and FPS gaming habits.



You whiners who MUST HAVE low latency broadband more than electricity and water should have thought about that before picking where you live.



Normal people have considerations when buying a house or renting an apartment including proximity to work, school, freeways, the crime rate, etc. You should have pulled your head out of your ass and put low latency broadband on that list if you needed it that badly.



Meanwhile, go start a WISP instead of bitching about others not giving you low latency service fast enough. That is what my neighbors did.



What's next for you guys? You going to move next to an airport then bitch about the noise?