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Broadband: Why Government Investment Is Justified Now

Why build a wired superhighway when wireless is clearly the future. Any hotel owner who mindlessly spent tens of thousands of dollars runing high speed wires to each room knows now what a waste this was. A few $100 routers and bang--you're every room in your prpoerty is covered.

Why are no land phone lines networks being built in the 3rd world? Because they don't need land lines when wireless technonogies are making land lines obsolete.

The high-speed wireless internet technology is now available through a company called Clearwire (and perhaps others too) to cover huge territories (30 square miles plus coverage per access point--and likely to grow as the technology improves) with a single router. Northern Michigan University is now in the process of deploying such technology right here in rural Michigan.

Best to spend tax dollars on roads and bridges, as opposed to technology which will be obsolete before a high-speed wired nationwide network could ever be built out.