[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[JoJo Gunn]

Analysis of "low-priced" introductory offers by companies like SBC and Comcast reveal them to be little more than bait-and-switch gimmicks.

I have to agree. BellSouth inundates us with promises of low prices, but after the first three months, watch out. And who wants a boat anchor of TV channels you don't give a crap about, ala Comcast?

[SoDak]

Virtually all of SD has broadband, so I find it amazing that it isn't available everywhere, seeing as how we're such a backwater. I've had broadband since 1997.

[PeterPrinciple]

"Despite claims to the contrary, the digital divide in America remains large and will continue to grow unless some real changes are made,"

The digital divide.......is this crises back in vogue?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Simple solution, lower the cost of BB. Being stuck with just one BB provider in my area, I refuse to pay 50 bucks a month for it versus $20.00 for dial up.

[Crazieman]

American broadband is laughable. Meanwhile, norway gets 100mbit internet, while we slog around at 3-5

[RayChuang88]

The ONLY way Americans will get broadband Internet on a truly nationwide scale is to forget about hardwiring every home and business to support it. This Last Mile connection is exorbitantly expensive to implement and the only reason why France, Germany, most of the UK, South Korea and Japan have such widely available broadband is the fact population density is high enough to justify the expense of such a setup.

The best solution for the USA is the implementation of 802.16/802.20 WiMAX long-range wireless networking technology. Unlike WiFi, WiMAX can cover thousands of users on a single antenna array literally up to line of sight; this means you only need a relatively small number of antennas to cover a whole metropolitan area, and it also means you can get broadband Internet out to rural communities by placing WiMAX antenna towers on mountainsides, hilltops, the top of grain silos, or small standalone towers on flat areas. Indeed, we can "piggyback" on top of current cellphones towers as one way to get WiMAX widely available. Because of WiMAX's potential speed as high as 45 megabits per second bidirectional, this also means that same broadband Internet connection can be used to set up local telephone service using VoIP.

[Grampa Dave]

Is this group a cry baby group of socialists, communists and Freeploaders wanting a subsidized free pass to broadband