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bnc wrote:What resources required for internet service to exist are limited?

Not sure what you are asking; but taking your question as asked:

Example: Most of the Texas Hill Country=
1) no DSL available in most areas; what is available is more costly than in Metropolitan areas
2) no fibre optic nor cable available... priced roughly 10 times higher than metro areas
3) limited wireless availability, depending which side of a hill you live
4) Satellite mostly available
5) Dialup available

But, that's the free market and sparse population/expense of adding DSLAMS/running cables, it doesn't really need government controlling it more.... as a market grows/population increases, companies meet demand, same as cities/companies did providing water/sewer/phone and other services.... as demand increases, more companies arise; more competition and lower prices as people switch companies/providers.

I recall being on a waiting list in Houston for DSL/Cable and paying a lot when I got it ... now it's 10 times faster and a fourth of the price.... all without additional gov't controls.

If "free market" works ... why CHANGE it?

It's all about Gov't obtaining more power.

USA1 wrote:If it aint broke...obama will fix it until it is.

True story: I was a tiny kid but I'll never forget my parents discussing the price of milk at school in the car one day.

"If the federal government money is accepted by the schools, the price of milk will drop from 7 cents to 4 cents, that will be good"
"Yes, but the next thing you know, the Feds will try to regulate what they teach and what can be said in school"

inch=mile

Sorta like that "voluntary" income tax they passed a while back, which became mandatory.

No matter what party is in office...It's just the nature of the beast. Each branch of Gov't wants increased control over more areas, to leverage the "checks and balances"... and it all grows.

It's all about obtaining more power.

I almost bought me a new pair of custom handmade cowboy boots, but then realized the shoe industry hasn't been "nationalized" yet with enough Federal controls and regulations, so I guess I'll wait .... they should be a better product afterwords. I don't imagine they'll have side-impact airbags ... but, perhaps serial numbers databased by the Feds, which would be great, because I had a pair stolen from my car once.

Where else will the Feds be poking their noses, where they don't belong?

I"m guessing .......... anywhere they can.