Our national communications networks, are the next municipal utility.
Some things are too important to be done simply for profit. That idea may seem way of base to you, but think for a minute. We trust our governments to manage our military, police, and fire departments to keep us safe. Those corporations are owned and operated almost universally by governments. They services save lives, and are too important to be done for profit.
Things like our water, sewage, electricity and telephone are frequently managed by private corporations. These corporations however are very tightly regulated by the local governments. Most of the time they have to ask for a bill to be passed to change their prices.
Our information networks both wired and wireless, have reached the point where they have become necessary for our society to function. I work for a Teleradiology company. Our newest service allows someone in a rural area with no qualified doctor nearby, to be diagnosed with a stroke, and saved by a doctor three thousand miles away. This business, and the lives it saves couldn?t exist without reliable broadband, and mobile networks. Even more lives could be saved if some companies were willing to sacrifice a little profit. They could give the whole nation a level of access and service, enjoyed by other, less wealthy nations. But they don't, because it isn't profitable. So people will continue to die, because it isn't profitable.
The internet saves lives
Our national communications networks, are the next municipal utility.
Some things are too important to be done simply for profit. That idea may seem way of base to you, but think for a minute. We trust our governments to manage our military, police, and fire departments to keep us safe. Those corporations are owned and operated almost universally by governments. They services save lives, and are too important to be done for profit.
Things like our water, sewage, electricity and telephone are frequently managed by private corporations. These corporations however are very tightly regulated by the local governments. Most of the time they have to ask for a bill to be passed to change their prices.
Our information networks both wired and wireless, have reached the point where they have become necessary for our society to function. I work for a Teleradiology company. Our newest service allows someone in a rural area with no qualified doctor nearby, to be diagnosed with a stroke, and saved by a doctor three thousand miles away. This business, and the lives it saves couldn?t exist without reliable broadband, and mobile networks. Even more lives could be saved if some companies were willing to sacrifice a little profit. They could give the whole nation a level of access and service, enjoyed by other, less wealthy nations. But they don't, because it isn't profitable. So people will continue to die, because it isn't profitable.
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1024 bytes is a Kilobyte.
A Megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes, or 1024 Kilobytes.