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from the how-many-times-do-we-have-to-pay-for-broadband? dept.
U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed up to $275 billion in infrastructure investment, including investment in broadband:
Hillary Clinton has announced a $250bn plan to build out the United States' broadband infrastructure and ensure that everyone has fast internet access at an affordable price by 2020.
That's the headline figure anyway in her new policy position called "Building Tomorrow's Economy Today." In reality, the presidential candidate has pledged to fund a $25 billion dollar "national infrastructure bank" over five years that will cover all infrastructure improvements for roads, bridges, pipes, and internet network.
That bank will provide "up to an additional $225 billion in federally supported investment," according to the policy paper, by leveraging "the $25 billion in direct loans, loan guarantees, and other forms of credit enhancement."
[...] Interestingly however, even Clinton's $25 billion infrastructure bank idea doesn't appear to have been her own. Democratic rival Bernie Sanders has been talking about the US' lackluster networks for some time, noting that the US comes 16th globally in terms of broadband access, and 12th in terms of average speed, according to the OECD. "Today, businesses, schools, and families in Bucharest, Romania, have access to much faster internet than most of the United States. That is unacceptable and has got to change," Sanders says in his policy position on "rebuilding America."
Interestingly, Sanders pledged the exact same figure as Clinton – $5 billion a year – but solely for internet rollout, rather than all infrastructure needs, through an Act of Congress. "The Rebuild America Act will invest $5 billion a year to expand high-speed broadband networks in under-served and unserved areas, and to boost speeds and capacity all across the country. Internet access is no longer a luxury: it is essential for 21st century commerce, education, telemedicine, and public safety," he said.
DSLReports calls the promises "painfully ambiguous". Other outlets have gravitated to the promises of "smart cities", "free Wi-Fi", "5G networks", and supporting "tomorrow's Internet of Things".
Billions in broadband investment? Hmm, where have I heard that one before?
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Hairyfeet on Saturday December 05 2015, @07:00PM
I lost any and all respect for Bernie when he cowered before Thug Lives Matter and let them shove him around like a little white bitch. When I saw that I knew he would be about as worthless in the office as Carter was and the LAST thing we need is another president with zero backbone.
SJ twats can call me an "ist" all day long,but as black activist Tommy Sotomayor pointed out when it comes to Thug Lives Matter (as well as coining that phrase) "Why is it they didn't say a word when that 11 year old boy was executed by gangbangers? When that 7 year old girl was killed walking home from a thug spraying a drive by? Because to TLM its perfectly fine as long as its Pookie doing the shooting, its ONLY a problem if Pookie gets shot by a white person. Doesn't matter what Pookie did, rob a store, pull a weapon on the cop, nope none of that matters because "he did'nt do nuffins!". TLM if they are taken by a white person, otherwise? They ain't worth shit".
Say what you will but after 30 years of voting straight democrat across the Board? Myself as well as everybody I know is more than willing to vote Trump as we're sick of the whole Clinton/Bush corporate crony trickle upon politics, he certainly can't do any worse than the constant corp welfare and backroom backstabs we got under Clinton/Bush/Obama.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Monday December 07 2015, @02:00PM
If "Pookie" does the shooting, he goes to prison. If Officer Smith does the shooting, he gets two weeks paid vacation. THAT is the problem. "Nobody is above the law" has turned into "I am the law."
(Score: 1, Troll) by Hairyfeet on Tuesday December 08 2015, @12:52AM
Bullshit, when it came out that Pookie had robbed a store in Mo and there was a dozen eye witnesses come forward that he had attacked the cop while the cop was in his car and went for the gun, did you see TLM say "Oops, our bad". Nope because they are racists and don't give a wet fuck WHY something happens, only the color of the skin of the shooter. If the shooter is black? Its all good man, you will never see a TLM say a fucking word, if the one that pulls the trigger is white or even Mexican like Zimmerman? Then here they come, looting and burning and acting like fools.
Remember boys and girls, you can't spell reverse racism without racism!
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday December 08 2015, @02:49PM
The guy who actually owns the store disputes that and says it wasn't robbed at all. I think he'd probably know. The person who called the cops was a customer who was, at best, mistaken about what he saw.
Please explain how he was reaching for the cop's gun while the cop was several yards away and behind him. Because that's how he was killed. Or are you saying pre-trial public executions are an official part of the US justice system?