05-10-2009, 04:35 PM
mdd...
I'm so disgusted w/ our speed tests here in Hawaii that I quit doing them about 5 or more years ago.
I believe Aaron over at "The Kona Blog" is still doing them at least once a month.
I don't know whether to give up on the issue or push forward.
It seems like many people don't even know what they are missing... or don't care that we are receiving internet services that are crappy.
I guess I'm more frustrated by the mindset of a lot of people and the fact that no one really knows that we are basically being treated like second rate citizens by our ISP providers and Legislatures.
They say "No Child Left Behind" in Education has been a farce with NCLB.
I'm saying "No PERSON Should be LEFT BEHIND".
I truly believe the internet services should just be a common utility needed by all.
Just as Water, Electricity, Roads, etc... everything else is subsidized with tax money... I think that the Internet should be FREE to all no matter what type of income you make.
It really isn't that difficult to do as far as infrastructure goes.
I believe there are some people that don't want an equal playing field and this does go down the old society path of the "Rich Get Richer... while the poor get poorer" thinking.
I think I may begin a bit of a push towards this on my blog.
mdd or Aaron if you are reading... which sites are good speed tests sites... it's been so long since this has been an issue for me... and since I really don't even use bandwidth the way I used too... it's not really as big of an issue.... but I do understand for some "Businesses/Photographers/Videographers/etc" and people that do rely upon the internet that they could be more productive if the services they were using weren't so "Third World".
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I'm so disgusted w/ our speed tests here in Hawaii that I quit doing them about 5 or more years ago.
I believe Aaron over at "The Kona Blog" is still doing them at least once a month.
I don't know whether to give up on the issue or push forward.
It seems like many people don't even know what they are missing... or don't care that we are receiving internet services that are crappy.
I guess I'm more frustrated by the mindset of a lot of people and the fact that no one really knows that we are basically being treated like second rate citizens by our ISP providers and Legislatures.
They say "No Child Left Behind" in Education has been a farce with NCLB.
I'm saying "No PERSON Should be LEFT BEHIND".
I truly believe the internet services should just be a common utility needed by all.
Just as Water, Electricity, Roads, etc... everything else is subsidized with tax money... I think that the Internet should be FREE to all no matter what type of income you make.
It really isn't that difficult to do as far as infrastructure goes.
I believe there are some people that don't want an equal playing field and this does go down the old society path of the "Rich Get Richer... while the poor get poorer" thinking.
I think I may begin a bit of a push towards this on my blog.
mdd or Aaron if you are reading... which sites are good speed tests sites... it's been so long since this has been an issue for me... and since I really don't even use bandwidth the way I used too... it's not really as big of an issue.... but I do understand for some "Businesses/Photographers/Videographers/etc" and people that do rely upon the internet that they could be more productive if the services they were using weren't so "Third World".
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Damon Tucker's Blog
FBI Blogs