is-broadband-infrastructure

I don’t believe so also. I can see how people try to make a case for it. I posted this for some honest conversation. Thanks for the comment.

I tend to agree with you sir.

PO1 (Join to see) - No worries about delays, we all have a real life. :) I see what you’re saying. I guess I’m wrong in the what I thought that all telephone companies are utilities, only some are, and then even the services we are speaking about doesn’t apply under utilities. Maybe it should. Why invent the wheel all over again? I believe existing utility laws can be managed much more effectively for the actual service providers. I digress.

To my thinking the actual towers and much other equipment that provides broadband is infrastructure as you said. I believe we agree on that. When we look at the neutrality arguments, it appears to me they are just duplicating the work of the PUC, in that respect to me it isn’t effective and will always have conflicts with other laws. It wouldn’t be the first time we have a duplication of effort in the federal government.

SFC (Join to see) - Yeah, I mentioned utilities because there are a lot of people who want internet regulated as a utility, but that's another issue. I think as we grow increasingly reliant on the internet, it has to be considered in the public infrastructure category, even if that means creating a separate government run ISP for government services (or whatever), but that is easier said than done.

In my opinion, it is infrastructure, but I understand arguments against it.

Also, this isn't a new concern and has been championed by republicans in the past: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/why-conservatives-are-wrong-say-broadband-access-isn-t-infrastructure-n1263253 (I don't like the title of this article)

Interesting article while I don't agree with 90% of it. Thanks for all the good discussion. What I can't seem to get past is the government owning only a part of broadband. I can't see how that can work. In situations like that it seems like it has to be all or nothing. I see it that same as railroads, we made a decision in our country they are to be private and I disagree with that. That's one of the few things I believe should be run by the federal government. In the case of broadband if the government wants in, OK, but then they need to buy out all the private interests out there for broadband... and to me that just doesn't seem right. If it's not done that way I juat can't see how it can be regulated "properly".

SFC (Join to see) - Yeah, I mean I don't want the government owning all broadband, same way I don't want them owning utilities. I was more saying it like, for interconnected government systems, if that makes sense.