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Remember John Edwards of the "two Americas" theme? This claim that they must step in on behalf of a fictional population who is "deprived" of broadband access is just another vote-getting attempt in order to gain more coercive power.
The small, local co-operatives who have served the remote rural areas of America with power and telecommunications services since the mid-20th Century, were providing DSL to their customers years ago. In many cases, such broadband services in remote rural areas of America, over a decade ago, exceeded the availability and quality of such service to some urban centers at that time.
Now, with mobile services, politicians' desire for more regulation and control is ludicrous and purely self-serving.
And that's the best that we can get, as AT&T is the only available ISP (besides a satellite connection, which has way to much built-in delay for what we do). They don't offer Uverse in our location, too rural, I guess. I can only wish for and dream about a 50 Mbps line!
As an executive for a publicly traded broadband/telecom company, I can tell you that the notion that the broadband market sector is the “fastest growing” or is a “flourishing industry” is total nonsense. Take a look at the key players and key suppliers in the industry...they are tanking! The reason is the same as companies in most industries...they are sitting on the sidelines and refusing to invest in new technology and broadband build-outs because the Obama economy is in such a sorry state and they do not know what the future holds. While the FCC regulations are also a key part of the problem, the bigger issues is the larger economic landscape, for which I hold the current Administration responsible. I am not a huge Romney fan, but I can’t wait to vote against Obama in November for our country and me, personally.
Any RF and computer engineers here at FR care to chime in on this? I’m a sucker for a technical discussion. 4mbps on multiple channels means some serious multiplexing. With FSK or PSK, you’re looking at somewhere in at least the 10Ghz band or higher based on user density and RF bandwidth. The PSK31 format that the Ham radio operators use might be worth looking into, but at higher bands so as to not step on their toes.
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