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Old 03-01-2006, 06:59 AM   #3 (permalink)
Charlatan
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Originally Posted by arch13
Would it not be better to allow the market to decide if internet service is offered in a rural area? If there is not profit to be made, there are no companies that are going to offer a service. Why force such a money losing proposition on everyone?
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Would you say the same thing about electricity, phones and clean water?

The argument comes down to whether or not we want to look at the Internet as utility (like electricity and phones) or a luxury (like cable TV).

I am starting to think that it is more like the former than the latter.
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