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A comment on Obama: "It is unacceptable that the U.S. ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption". Parent comment

Re:Obama: "It is unacceptable that the U.S. ranks 15th in th... by anamax on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @10:03AM (#391326)
> I was informed by the local county government that the cable operator given the franchise contract was technically required to serve my area but opted instead of doing so to pay a small fine each year in order to skip us.

In other words, govt agreed on your behalf to ensure that you wouldn't have broadband and you think that govt will fix that problem?

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Re:Obama: "It is unacceptable that the U.S. ranks 15th in th... by noonespecial on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @04:41AM (#392700)
I like to think that even though it takes a long time and is often very hard, when governemnt finds that it is wrong, it can change its mind.

Governemnt is partly causing this problem. I'd like them to stop. This will require some action on their part.

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