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The government has been told to "up its game" over plans to guarantee a minimum internet speed for all broadband users. Peers said the current Universal Service Obligation (USO), which will entitle consumers to a minimum internet speed of 10Mbps, was "unambitious".
But the government said the USO was a "safety net" and it had "much greater ambitions". "The USO has an important part to play in ensuring that no-one is left behind," it added.
Labour spokesman Lord Stevenson of Balmacara opened the debate by saying the House had previously asked for the USO to specify a download speed of 30Mbps, but the general election halted work on the issue. He said the current USO plans contradict other government initiatives. "Surely the architecture of the USO has to be consistent with the government's productivity plan, the industrial strategy and the national infrastructure plan."
"The argument is that without some ambition the USO itself may become a constraint on all these important challenges," he said.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @07:39PM (10 children)
As someone with 2mbps on a very good day (and when I say day I mean 4am), I'm not holding my breath. I know there are much slower speeds out there, but I'm not even that far away from an exchange.
I'm considering running my own fibre for the community. Open reach, who run most of the cables, are slow. They need a kick up the backside.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:07PM
Using an older 34Mbps wireless access point although my internet speed is much faster - not interested and am looking for a cheaper (but reliable) alternative.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:14PM (8 children)
Come on.
The government is just people—the worst people; nobody aspires to be a cog of the government. And, those cogs hand out monopoly powers to their equally slothful buddies.
It's time to get off our asses and actually be a prideful people again—a people who want to make the world a more ordered place rather than just pretend like we raped the lesser orders of the world.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:35PM (3 children)
You'd be surprised how many actually do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday June 06 2018, @09:15PM (2 children)
Not me, I never wanted to be President. I was always the best athlete. Something that nobody knew about me. I was the best baseball player in New York when I was young. I played first base and I also played catcher. I was a good hitter. But I was good in other sports too. I was good in wresting, I was very good at football. I was always the best at sports. I just had a good time. But I also knew that it was very limited, because in those days you couldn’t even make a lot of money playing baseball. Everybody wanted me to be a baseball player. I was captain of the baseball team. I was supposed to be a professional baseball player. Fortunately, I decided to go into real estate instead. But I didn't give up the sports. WWE, I DECIMATED Vince McMahon, you can see the "tape" on YouTube. And sometimes I play golf. Nothing like Obama, he was hitting the links every day. Instead of doing his job. But my handicap is much lower than his, only 2.8.
And Jesse Ventura, great wrestler, also a magnificent politician. Who was with the Reform Party at the time. He says to me, "Donald, we're going to need a President. The Democrats have terrible people, the Republicans have terrible people. And I'm busy being Governor. So I'm begging you to be our candidate." And I told him "yes." Because Bill Clinton was a great friend of mine, great golfer (not as good as me), great game with the ladies (not as good as me). But he wasn't a great President. Banks out of control, stock markets very overpriced, radical Islamic terrorists attacking left and right. Our Country was in serious trouble and it needed me. Unfortunately it didn't work out, I left the race because our party had some big problems. Named David Duke, Pat Buchanan and Lenora Fulani. So we got Bush Jr. and he brought big problems for our Country!!!!
(Score: 5, Funny) by Snow on Wednesday June 06 2018, @09:51PM (1 child)
It's amazing that you were able to be such a fantastic athlete with those bone spurs in your foot. Very Inspiring.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday June 06 2018, @10:18PM
They were in both feet, they really hit hard when I was 21. Over a period of time, it healed up. You know, it was difficult from the long-term walking standpoint.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:51PM (2 children)
Government jobs are mostly the same as any other. People may not be living their dreams but there is no inherent wrong to government, just as there is no inherent wrong to corporations. Your attitude is biased and wrong.
But I'm on the wrong site to make such an opinion, all negative comments about gov get modded up, anything even remotely rationale modded down.
(Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Wednesday June 06 2018, @08:53PM
WOOOOEE IS MEEEE. MY OPINION IS SOOOOO UNPOPULARR.
Nice whine.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 07 2018, @03:20AM
That's the difference.
That's why a Government job has an "inherent wrong".
Why can't you see that?
And, when a corporation takes resources at the point of a gun, it's only able to do so because it has gotten a Government to do its dirty work; governments corrupt corporations, not the other way around.
Why can't you see that?
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Thursday June 07 2018, @03:05PM
As opposed to the vast numbers that aspire to being a cog in a corporate machine? If you're going to be a cog in a corporate machine, would you rather be in one that is accountable to an electorate or to shareholders?
sudo mod me up