On Apr 25, 11:53=A0pm, "FrediFizzx" <fredifi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Do ya really think whining about it on iNet is going to help? =A0Most of
> us in the MiS stocks group don't really give a rat's ass. =A0Heck, I say
> let's go another 2 trillion in debt and invest in infrastructure.
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> Fred
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> "Igor The Terrible" <igor_the_terri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >A while back I was PO'ed about the neglect and made several posts
> > about how it will all affect us in one way or another. =A0We are in
deep=
> > **** when it comes to our roads, bridges, power grid, dams & levee
> > systems, air traffic control, but who gives a ****, right? =A0We'll
deal=
> > with it when it after it becomes a huge crisis, right?
>
> > Well, now we are rapidly running out of it for data as well.
> > Surprised!?! =A0The greatest resource that was ever delivered to the
> > common man may well be on its way to over capacity and to the big
> > blood-curdling crash. =A0Yep, we can build all kinds of **** in Iraq
> > that will soon get blown up but god forbid if we even thought about
> > investing in ourselves. =A0This whole ****ing country is falling apart
> > at its seams but is anyone saying or doing anything about it? =A0Of
> > course not. =A0After all why do something today when you can put it
off
> > until............next decade........?
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> > Seems like America has completely lost its sense of priority.
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> > 2010: D-day for the Internet as it hits "full capacity"?
> > Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:19PM EDT
> > See Comments (31)
>
> > Buzz up!on Yahoo!Doom-filled warnings arrive from AT&T this week. The
> > company says that without substantial investment in network
> > infrastructure, the Internet will essentially run out of bandwidth in
> > just two short years.
>
> > Blame broadband, says AT&T. Decades of dealing with the trickle of
> > bandwidth consumed by voice and dialup modems left AT&T twiddling its
> > thumbs. The massive rise of DSL and cable modem service in the 2000s
> > has had AT&T facing a monstrous increase in the volume of data
> > transmissions. And that's set to increase another 50 times between now
> > and 2015. That's enough, says AT&T, to all but crash the system.
>
> > In response, AT&T says it's investing $19 billion to upgrade the
> > backbone of the Internet, the routers, servers, and connections where
> > the bulk of traffic is processed.
>
> > Of course, AT&T is using this breathlessness in part to point fingers
> > beyond simple broadband use. Web video (especially high-definition
> > video) is the most commonly mentioned bandwidth hog. AT&T says video
> > alone will eat up 80 percent of traffic in two years vs. just 30
> > percent now. One wonders how YouTube doesn't collapse under the
> > pressure. Hmmm.
>
> > Meanwhile, many are wondering whether this is prelude to AT&T
> > announcing (or not announcing, but doing anyway) a traffic
> > prioritization/shaping system like Comcast has been tinkering with...
> > and which has earned it nothing but scorn. Net neutrality (which would
> > forbid premium pricing for certain Internet applications and
> > destinations) is a topic that continues to be hotly debated on Capitol
> > Hill, and telcos are anxious to kill the idea since they'd love to be
> > able to charge additional money for different kinds of web traffic. If
> > the whole Internet is about to crash, well, that makes AT&T's argument
> > all the more compelling, doesn't it?- Hide quoted text -
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I hear your discontent with the idea of going in debt for $2T to
rebuild the country's infrastructure. On the same token, think about
how much it will cost us in compounding inefficiencies snd losses over
time should we elect to do nothing. I.e. detours and traffic backups
due road and bridge closures, power outages, communications
bottlenecks, air traffic snarls , etc... If we go into debt to
correct this, it is only an investment in ourselves (when was the last
time America did that???) and we owe the money to nobody else but
ourselves. It is money far better spent in the long run than pissing
it away in an idiotic war and brain dead energy programs (ethanol)
destined to fail. Don't even get me started in free trade agreements!
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