Telcos Want Big Subsidies, Not Line-Sharing 340
It seems that a recent survey of global broadband practices by Harvard's Berkman Center at the behest of the FCC has stirred the telecommunications hornet's nest. Both AT&T and Verizon are up in arms about some of the conclusions (except the ones that suggest offering large direct public subsidies). "Harvard's Berkman Center study of global broadband practices, produced at the FCC's request, is an 'embarrassingly slanted econometric analysis that violates professional statistical standards and is insufficiently reliable to provide meaningful guidance,' declares AT&T. The study does nothing but promote the lead author's 'own extreme views,' warns a response from Verizon Wireless. Most importantly, it 'should not be relied upon by the FCC in formulating a National Broadband Plan,' concludes the United States Telecom Association. Reviewing the slew of criticisms, Berkman's blog wryly notes that the report seems to have been 'a mini stimulus act for telecommunications lawyers and consultants.'"
Good (Score:5, Funny)
Must be doing something right (Score:5, Funny)
If the big telcos hate it, I like it.
here is a nice little quote (Score:4, Funny)
"...direct government encouragement can facilitate deployment and drive penetration."
Re:Fascism, DUH (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I for one, (Score:3, Funny)
Pizza with the government cheese!
Re:Attn: Telcos (Score:5, Funny)
"We can't hear you now"
-Verizon
Re:I see what they did there... (Score:2, Funny)
fortunately, the 'corporates and uber-rich' are the ones who sign paychecks, so what's good for them winds up being good for everyone else too.
Re:I see what they did there... (Score:4, Funny)
I completely agree.
If the government would make me uber-rich, it would help everybody!
Re:I see what they did there... (Score:1, Funny)
Nope. Something else got big when Clinton was in Office.
Re:So that would be..? (Score:4, Funny)
Sprint frowns upon your omission.