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George II

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17. By the way, the internet as we know it was NOT developed by taxpayer-funded research....

Fri Dec 6, 2019, 02:55 PM

Dec 2019

...did NOT use taxpayer-funded grants and NOT in taxpayer-funded labs. Our tax dollars did NOT build the internet.

In fact, the origins of the internet "as we know it" began in part in the UK.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Bernie Sanders unveils plan to break up telecom companies and launch universal broadband access [View all] Uncle Joe Dec 2019 OP

Recommended. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #1

Not a chance in hell... Peacetrain Dec 2019 #2

Is it right to do so? Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #3

so you are against this proposal? Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #6

K n R ! Thanks for posting! JoeOtterbein Dec 2019 #4

So this new "plan" is dependent upon grants from another one of his "plans".... George II Dec 2019 #5

you know everything substantial, any real proposal to do anything significant Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #7

But other candidates don't build one proposal that has to be passed upon another proposal.... George II Dec 2019 #9

This is just being rolled into the GND. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #11

Irrelevant question, kind of like asking me "when did you stop beating your wife?" George II Dec 2019 #14

An "are you" question is nothing like a question that presumes other facts ("have you stopped") thesquanderer Dec 2019 #15

that's ridiculous. But whatever. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #27

The issue isn't expanding affordable broadband access, it's the way it will be done.... George II Dec 2019 #29

I didn't mention the proposal at all. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #30

Yes, but if we elevate the conversation, if we talk about it, if it is on the table, PatrickforO Dec 2019 #16

I'll go with that! PatrickforO Dec 2019 #8

The Feds broke up Ma Bell in the early 1980s, now they've combined again bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #10

Before the deregulation we had the best telecoms in the world Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #12

Really? TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #22

Without the altruism and huge gains from the basic research done by Bell Labs nt karynnj Dec 2019 #20

Once again, a plan without a real, plausible plan. MineralMan Dec 2019 #13

Sanders knows it failed in Burlington Vermont - trashing the town's credit rating for years karynnj Dec 2019 #19

He doesn't care. It's just a campaign promise, after all. MineralMan Dec 2019 #23

This bothers me because there have been serious efforts to get universal broadband karynnj Dec 2019 #24

I know it's in the platform, but it hasn't happened. Any of it will require legislation MineralMan Dec 2019 #25

So none of our candidates should make any proposals that involve this 'legislation' thing? Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #32

They should all be careful not to make proposals that MineralMan Dec 2019 #34

Which according to your previous post appears to be all legislation. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #35

By the way, the internet as we know it was NOT developed by taxpayer-funded research.... George II Dec 2019 #17

DARPA: ARPANET 1969 Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #28

That wasn't "the internet", that was what "became the internet". These are his exact words: George II Dec 2019 #33

ARPANET was in fact the prototype for the internet. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #36

His home town, Burlington Vermont did precisely this -- and it nearly destroyed the city financially karynnj Dec 2019 #18

Bernie is my 4th to last choice (with the introduction of Bloomberg). SaschaHM Dec 2019 #21

Does this plan involve waving a magic wand? nt comradebillyboy Dec 2019 #26

Amazing responses here. Everyone in america hates their forking cable company, and rightly so. Voltaire2 Dec 2019 #31

Thats impossible! Until it isn't booley Dec 2019 #37

A big K & R - Chattanooga Has Its Own Broadband Duppers Dec 2019 #38

This would be great. Exciting concept and based on civic justice. JudyM Dec 2019 #39

+1 myohmy2 Dec 2019 #40

"Bernie Sanders unveils plan to boost broadband access, break up internet and cable titans" Uncle Joe Dec 2019 #41