Obama on Broadband

sillypooh

President Barack Obama has called for broadband Internet expansion well beyond the goals previously set by the FCC's National Broadband Plan. The president has bumped the broadband availability target up to 98 percent of all Americans. Moving toward the higher number is touted as a way to help boost the economic recovery through increased infrastructure spending.

The National Broadband Plan outlined specific goals regarding the expansion and speed increases. The initiative calls for 90 percent of Americans to have access to broadband by 2020, with 100 million homes connected to "affordable" 100Mbps service.

The Obama Administration has yet to set a time-frame for reaching its larger goal. The Internet plans were included in a set of infrastructure recommendations that also included repairs and improvements to roads and bridges, along with a high-speed rail network to eventually reach the majority of cities. [via The Washington Post]

What does that make us now? Even bigger loosers? How long will this thing continue passing over our heads?

Maybe, just maybe, our new PM with his background in telecoms will have such a technological calling? One can hope.

PS: Sorry for the obvious spelling horror 'doz', the system couldn't allow a longer title.

Georges

What doz that make us?

Simple. The most fucking retarded country in the world with the most fucking retarded people ever.

dg-1618

Simple Question: Obama says "broadband to reach 98% of Americans". What does that make us?
Simple Answer: Non Americans.

bskaram

@Georges

Thanks for the compliment

Kassem

@bskaram: What Georges said is an understatement. Even Egyptians are proving to have more balls than we do. Shame!

Samer99

I bet that this thread will be locked soon, it is the same story repeated again and again... yes the Internet in Lebanon sucks and we have the worst Internet connection in the world, and we are fucking retarded people with a fucking retarded government... nagging and nagging and nagging...

monkey-d-luffy

Kassem wrote@bskaram: What Georges said is an understatement. Even Egyptians are proving to have more balls than we do. Shame!

I second you two
Politician are struggling for power forgetting what's most important for a country: It's people

sillypooh

The sad part: we supply a lot of IT and web expertise to the region (web dev, IT and telecom infrastructure expert companies, etc). I mean on paper, we should really be THE place to do web business in the region (hosted services and more). Sigh!

nagging and nagging and nagging...

You have a better idea than venting?

Again, I hope this will evolve soon. Any change is good change, IMHO.

Georges

Monkey D. Luffy wrote
Kassem wrote@bskaram: What Georges said is an understatement. Even Egyptians are proving to have more balls than we do. Shame!
I second you two
Politician are struggling for power forgetting what's most important for a country: It's people

V : "People should not be afraid of their governments, Governments should be afraid of their people ^.^"

bskaram

@bskaram: What Georges said is an understatement. Even Egyptians are proving to have more balls than we do. Shame!

What's wrong with the Egyptians? Who said we're better?

And please clarify, how does Lebanon's messed up government make me or you retarded?

And for God's sake, stop complaining about the internet, we've been through this more than enough times already!

@sillypooh, thanks for sharing, let's just hope and see what comes out of it!

Devaz

Uh-huh , How Does it make us retarded ? Cause not only Do we Agree to have such a government but we still follow whatever dude comes up without even knowing his principles , And now i'm sure You Do not care about politics or politicians which also is a problem in itself , since we have lost hope for any chance of getting our voices out there without being crushed or ignored , which gave the politicians Even More Power . So Guess All We can do is Sit Here and Complain , When you're mad You hit something ,you just need to shake off some of that anger , Doesn't matter what that "thing" is .

How does it make Me or you retarded ? I know they say not to judge a book by it's cover but still , We're the book , and that so called "Government" is our Cover . In One Week Tunisians banded together and removed 3 People from the presidency ( if i'm not mistaken ) and they will continue to do so until they form the Government THEY "The people" want , Which is the whole point . But Here , Well we spend our time fighting eachother So that shithead number 1 doesn't have more control then dickhead number 2 . But Yessssss That doesn't Make us Retarded Not At All !

dan961

I heard that Demianos Kattar will be taking charge of the ministry of finance.His first plan is to provide lebanon with a better internet connection In order to increase the investment. I really like this guy.

Kassem

Why we are retarded?
[example]
What has Rafic Al-Hariri or his son Saad done for Tripoli? Nothing.
What were the people of Tripoli doing yesterday? Screwing up their city and fighting with the armed forces.
Why? Because Saad Al-Hariri lost to Mikati.
Why do Tripoli people care if he did? Refer to the first question again - No idea :)
[/example]
The above example tells you exactly why Lebanese people are fucking retarded. Rather than sabotaging their own city (which Saad Al-Hariri doesn't even give a damn about), they should've asked him "What happened to all the investments you promised will happen in Tripoli back in June 2009?".

@dan961: Demianos Kattar is a great guy. I've always liked him. He used to be a minister before, and he's shown great dedication to his post. Let's hope for a change in the government now, I have a good feeling about the near future.

Joe

Samer99 wroteI bet that this thread will be locked soon, it is the same story repeated again and again... yes the Internet in Lebanon sucks and we have the worst Internet connection in the world, and we are fucking retarded people with a fucking retarded government... nagging and nagging and nagging...

Definitely. We're coming down on those topics.

Lebgeeks will not be the place where you rant and complain about the Internet, the Government or any other thing on your mind. It violates the Etiquette in so many ways. It's a personnal rant. It has been discussed before. It deals with the sensitive topic of politics (especially now). Did I mention it has been discussed before over and over again? Some posts have an aggressive tone. Some posts are poorly written. I could go on.

Bottom line, this thread doesn't belong here. We're sick of this duscussion. I'm closing it.