[good_ash]

Yes, my comments you are asking for something to be provided to farmers at a cost to myself. If it's a government tax or a forced telco service, I will end up paying for it either way.

Farmers know the conditions they are in. If they 'need' high speed internet access (maybe they're designing web sites on the side????) they should pay for it themselves. I'm not in favor of spending money so some farmer or his kids can play unreal tournament online. Or download porn or mp3's faster.

[farmfriend]

We support this for rural communities not farmers. Odds are given the limits on the technology, it would help farmers anyway. But rural schools, hospitals and clinics would be helped as well as rural municipalities. There are other reasons to support as well.

[VetoBill]

My really big problem is that trying to introduce broadband all across the country, to me, is really jumping the gun. Technologies mature and become cheaper.

To me we are at a stage akin to trying to buy everyone a 1985 computer. Nobody will ever need more than 640K memory!! We really need to see how much bandwidth all people need. Do we need enough to watch full screen streaming television?

I guarantee that some politician will make a decision along the lines of "We need x bandwidth" only to have a year pass and this will be just a scrap of actually needed speed. I would much perfer to monitor urban levels first to get an idea of how much is enough. If we have to do it and don't do it right, in 5 years from the date of completion, we will have to do it all over again.

[VetoBill]

I agree, bandwidth for unreal is a waste :) Better to use that connection for a real game... IgorMud!! Text based, low bandwidth, and addictive as he!!