The next individual mandate for "social justice"

[tangent4ronpaul]

Guess what the fud guv wants to impose on you next? Universal broadband access! They want 100% market penetration and YOU get to pay for it. Sounds like it's if you want it or not, and no - it's not "free" it comes complete with internet cops, access to emergency services and some dingbat rep - Doris Matsui, D-Cal is pushing it for the "smart grid" - so you will need it so the utility companies can monitor you.

They layed out a bunch of BS about not being able to get a job without access to the internet, and lower income people being at a social disadvantage if they don't have it, ad nausium. Also tons of crap about public safety... (btw: those pole cams that track car licence plates are generally on a seperate cable broadband channel), It's sounding like the day will come when you won't be able to call an ambulance if you are not connected...

There are people out there, generally older, that don't own computers, don't want to, don't know how to use one, are not interested in learning and don't know how to type. I have relatives like that.

they ar also pushing for the FCC to regulate the Internet but getting significant pushback from them (FCC).

So yes, this is sounding lie another individual mandate coming down the pike. The hearing was Yesterday (Thursday) and you should be able to watch it on C-SPAN's archives.

YEACH!

-t

[awake]

Yes they want to help you ...on to the information highway that is patrolled by government data collection branches. Much easier to prosecute you for taxes and to make the lists of camp residents.

[Anti Federalist]

"The more technology you use, the easier it is to keep tabs on you"

1:20

YouTube - Enemy of the State (1998) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90vWtcHLlE)

[phill4paul]

Yes they want to help you ...on to the information highway that is patrolled by government data collection branches. Much easier to prosecute you for taxes and to make the lists of camp residents.

Quite. Never before has it been so possible to spy on the people. Who invented the internet? DARPA? Darpa darpa darp.

[awake]

The face book and twitter applications alone make it paramount to get this new medium of propagandists in the homes of everyone. People are volunteering every aspect of their lives up for the government to parse.

[Anti Federalist]

Quite. Never before has it been so possible to spy on the people. Who invented the internet? DARPA? Darpa darpa darp.

:D

[mczerone]

Why don't you people want everyone to have broadband!!??

[MN Patriot]

Quite. Never before has it been so possible to spy on the people. Who invented the internet? DARPA? Darpa darpa darp.

The military has been in the forefront of technological advancement. We need to develop better methods of destroying each other. Ironically, it leads to a better standard of living. Soon we will all be wired to the matrix, and the central authorities will have a Terminate button that will quietly dispatch the trouble makers. Can't wait for that brave new future.

[Don't Tread on Mike]

have you been watching beck? bcuz the last 5 episodes all he has been talking about was social justice. idk how his chalkboard comes up with this stuff.

[Pizzo]

Didn't you know? Facebook is a right!

[tangent4ronpaul]

A rather interesting thing about that Broadband hearing is that Google was neither invited to testify nor mentioned. It happened on the same day as their cutoff for this:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Speedy-Google-Broadband-Lures-1100-Communities-194000-Individuals-237060/

Speedy Google Broadband Lures 1,100 Communities, 194,000 Individuals

Google's offer to test 1 gigabit-per-second broadband access in U.S. communities drew responses from more than 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals, the search engine said after the March 26 passed. Google is pleased with the results and offered a map of where the responses were concentrated. Google's contention has always been that speedier data access will result in more frequent access of Web applications such as its YouTube video-sharing site, which is seeing 24 hours of video clips poured into it per minute. Google will spend months reviewing the applications.

Google's offer to test ultra-fast broadband access in U.S. communities drew responses from more than 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals, who showed significant interest in receiving free Internet access at 1 gigabit-per-second.

Google, which began soliciting towns and cities to test broadband networks for 50,000 to 500,000 users last month, set a deadline of March 26 for interested communities to submit their proposals to receive Internet access at more than 100 times the current speeds provided by Internet service providers.

The deadline passed and the applications are in. Google is pleased with the results and offered this no-frills map of where the responses were concentrated. Each small dot represents a government response. The large dots represent locations where more than 1,000 residents submitted a nomination.

Google Product Manager James Kelly noted: "We've seen cities rename themselves, great YouTube videos, public rallies and hundreds of grassroots Facebook groups come to life, all with the goal of bringing ultra high-speed broadband to their communities."

Indeed, representatives from municipalities all over the U.S. got quite creative lobbying to be Google's guinea-pigs-in-fiber.

Sarasota temporarily renamed City Island "Google Island," with Sarasota Mayor Richard Clapp jumping into a shark tank to show his dedication for the cause. In Duluth, Minn., Mayor Don Ness jumped into Lake Superior. Minnesota Senator Al Franken joined Ness in spirit, if not in the freezing water.

To what end? Kelly said Google will spend months reviewing the applications.

This will include conducting site visits, meeting with local officials and consulting with third-party organizations to determine where to build out their fiber to homes. The company will announce its target community (or communities) before the year's end.

The bidding closure comes a week after the Federal Communications Commission unveiled its National Broadband Plan, a 10-year effort to provide 1 Gbps broadband access to 100 million household in the U.S., among other things.

That would dovetail well with Google's current fiber plans, which are designed to accelerate the rate at which content travels to users' computers.

Google's contention has always been that speedier data access will result in more frequent access of Web applications such as its YouTube video-sharing site, which is seeing 24 hours of video clips poured into it per minute.

Google eventually hopes to extend YouTube, search and other Web apps from personal computers to consumers televisions through the Google TV project. The end goal is increasing apps usage, thereby showing users' more digital advertising.

Testing high-speed broadband networks is one way to facilitate this new model, possibly prompting ISPs who feel compelled to match Google's efforts or risk being left behind.

[phill4paul]

A rather interesting thing about that Broadband hearing is that Google was neither invited to testify nor mentioned. It happened on the same day as their cutoff for this:

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/Speedy-Google-Broadband-Lures-1100-Communities-194000-Individuals-237060/

Speedy Google Broadband Lures 1,100 Communities, 194,000 Individuals

Google's offer to test 1 gigabit-per-second broadband access in U.S. communities drew responses from more than 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals, the search engine said after the March 26 passed. Google is pleased with the results and offered a map of where the responses were concentrated. Google's contention has always been that speedier data access will result in more frequent access of Web applications such as its YouTube video-sharing site, which is seeing 24 hours of video clips poured into it per minute. Google will spend months reviewing the applications.

Google's offer to test ultra-fast broadband access in U.S. communities drew responses from more than 1,100 communities and 194,000 individuals, who showed significant interest in receiving free Internet access at 1 gigabit-per-second.

Google, which began soliciting towns and cities to test broadband networks for 50,000 to 500,000 users last month, set a deadline of March 26 for interested communities to submit their proposals to receive Internet access at more than 100 times the current speeds provided by Internet service providers.

The deadline passed and the applications are in. Google is pleased with the results and offered this no-frills map of where the responses were concentrated. Each small dot represents a government response. The large dots represent locations where more than 1,000 residents submitted a nomination.

Google Product Manager James Kelly noted: "We've seen cities rename themselves, great YouTube videos, public rallies and hundreds of grassroots Facebook groups come to life, all with the goal of bringing ultra high-speed broadband to their communities."

Indeed, representatives from municipalities all over the U.S. got quite creative lobbying to be Google's guinea-pigs-in-fiber.

Sarasota temporarily renamed City Island "Google Island," with Sarasota Mayor Richard Clapp jumping into a shark tank to show his dedication for the cause. In Duluth, Minn., Mayor Don Ness jumped into Lake Superior. Minnesota Senator Al Franken joined Ness in spirit, if not in the freezing water.

To what end? Kelly said Google will spend months reviewing the applications.

This will include conducting site visits, meeting with local officials and consulting with third-party organizations to determine where to build out their fiber to homes. The company will announce its target community (or communities) before the year's end.

The bidding closure comes a week after the Federal Communications Commission unveiled its National Broadband Plan, a 10-year effort to provide 1 Gbps broadband access to 100 million household in the U.S., among other things.

That would dovetail well with Google's current fiber plans, which are designed to accelerate the rate at which content travels to users' computers.

Google's contention has always been that speedier data access will result in more frequent access of Web applications such as its YouTube video-sharing site, which is seeing 24 hours of video clips poured into it per minute.

Google eventually hopes to extend YouTube, search and other Web apps from personal computers to consumers televisions through the Google TV project. The end goal is increasing apps usage, thereby showing users' more digital advertising.

Testing high-speed broadband networks is one way to facilitate this new model, possibly prompting ISPs who feel compelled to match Google's efforts or risk being left behind.


Indeed I saw a sign in Hickory, N.C. that read..

Woo + Google = Woogle.

from what I understand Hickory qualified as a test market for enhanced reception.

Funny things that come up in the course of a day that makes me say hmm...then no shit... bam it is on the RPFs.

Enjoy it while ya can. They are gonna have to shut us down soon.:p

[tangent4ronpaul]

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