Is anyone else as confused as I am these days regarding the 1% sales tax and
Broadband. It seems that a few people who spearheaded
this movement are going full-speed ahead to push this county into bankrupty
by going after something that cost $30 million dollars, while
our school is having to possibly cut 14 faculty and staff members and
numerous program cuts. I believe the Cook County School District
is a lot more important to our future than Broadband. When are we going to
learn to live within our means? We have some other
important infrastructures in this county that are literally falling by the
wayside, and I'm talking about our roads.
"They" (proponents of broadband) say that it is free money...Government
Grants...that will pay for it all. Oh really? Our government has
no money to give us, and where do they get their money except through all of
us. It's really easy to spend someone else's (our children &
grandchildren's) money without regard for the risk that it implies and the
burdens that it will place on them. I wonder when the majority is
going to wake up and say, oops, we just can't afford this. Do yourselves a
favor and do a little research on the future of broadband...
it's scary stuff! And by the way, I resented the fact that Broadband was
linked with the swimming pool in the ballot. I know quite a few
people who voted yes just because of the swimming pool. The 1% tax was
originally supposed to be for recreational infra-structure.
What happened?
Check out this website
http://gizmodo.com/377955/the-future-of-broadband-were-totally-screwed
The Future of Broadband: We're Totally Screwed
As turtle-tastic as broadband is in the US compared to Asia, other than Time
Warner's experiment to charge by the byte, at least consumption-based
billing has mostly been a problem for Canadians. Until now. Justin from
Bend, Oregon just sent us his ISP's new pricing plan, which makes Time
Warner's look supremely generous: $55 a month buys you a measly 50GB running
at a respectable 16Mbps downstream. If you run over, it's an extra $1.50 per
GB. We hope Bend residents aren't huge fans of iTunes rentals-they'll chew
through your allowance mighty quick. Welcome to what's shaping up to be the
scary future of broadband in this country: It'll be faster, but it's either
going to be filtered, slowed down or capped. [BendBroadband]
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Cathi & David Williams
Original Owners & Operators of Bear Track Outfitting Co.
Established in 1972, including Year 'round Bally Creek Cabins
and Lake Superior Charter Fishing aboard "Fishin Chics"