re: Obama's plan to save the internet draws bold reactions

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ISPs have gotten by with the bare minimum investment over the past 20 years, even though they took over $200 Billion in tax payer money for infrastructure upgrades that they never completed.

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When you lump ISPs into this you do know they are talking about the bell companies, phone companies and not cable companies.

There is no excuse for the bells to not have bad arse networks with all the tax money and government money they receive.

You are right, the technology is there for 1Gb internet and you should be seeing it very soon.