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Bush Says Country Must Have Access to Broadband by
Topic Started: Mar 29 2004, 04:20 PM (185 Views)
PRINCEofNIGHTMARES
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Bush Says Country Must Have Access to Broadband by 2007
Posted on: 03/29/2004


President Bush on Friday said the country must have universal affordable access to broadband technology by 2007, adding it is important to ensure consumers have plenty of choices.

“See, the more choices there are, the more price will go down,” said the president, who spoke Friday in Albuquerque, N.M., mostly about homeownership. “And the more price goes down, the more users there will be. And the more users there will be, the more likely it is America will stay on the competitive edge of world trade.”

The biggest local phone companies competing predominantly with the cable industry have lowered their broadband prices and expanded network coverage over the last year. Still, broadband adoption is far from ubiquitous.

There were 23.5 million high-speed lines connected to homes and businesses as of the first half of 2003, according to FCC data. Cable modem lines remained the predominant broadband technology through the first six months of the year, rising 20 percent from 11.4 million to 13.7 million lines.

Bush said the government does not need to tax access to broadband service.

“The Congress must not tax access to broadband technology if we want to spread it around,” he said.

The president also cited the role broadband can play in the medical field and education.

“The more users there are, the more likely it is people will be able to have interesting new ways to receive doctors’ advices in the home,” he said. “The more affordable broadband technology is, the more innovative we can be with education. It’s important that we stay on the cutting edge of technological change; and one way to do so is to have a bold plan for broadband.”


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Whats the big deal?? Not everyone has access to the internet or a computer and they are doing fine. I'll admit I got DSL when I got my computer ohh...around August-October and I love it, but there is nothing wrong with dial-up. Bush is becoming stupid in my opinion.
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It's an election year promise tyep thing.
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BeYaTcH
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ehh...promises promises...the US is in enough debt, stop with the promises already.
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PRINCEofNIGHTMARES
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He's just digging himself indeeper and deeper, but he'll still get reelected :(
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For F's sake..... Email and internet is the next "telephone". Many people are beginning to access people and products by the internet. The idea behind international access to broadband is like desegregation. There is a section of society being held back by lack of access to the internet. They are teaching it in school, and expecting kids to use it to do assignments. Its a common sensical issue that everyone should have equal acess at affordable prices. The same thing happened w/the telephone. And w/cable. why not internet access????
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because it's not telephone and cable.
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Its an outlet through which information is transfered. the hinderance of information transfer for the sole purpose of lining someone's pockets is unconsionable and unethical. eod.
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It's a pr0n repository.
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NoZ
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anything that lowers my monthly cable bill would be welcome. my broadband on top of my tv would scare anybody.
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:ahh: :ahh: :ahh: :ahh: LOL :nt:
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:fart:
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