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Comcast rolls out $10 web access for low income households
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(News story link is below. First-up is my commentary.)
This is a fabulous idea! There's no reason it should have required a regulator to force them, it just makes sense. All the network infrastructure is in place, and it costs very little at this point to deliver basic broadband Internet access to a house.
So now low-income households will have a means to get on the Internet too. These days it is really impossible (OK, improbable) to use the Internet using a dial-up connection, and the Internet has become an essential tool for everyone.
Imagine being a school-age kid in a household that cannot afford Internet access because it costs $50, $75, or $100 per month. Teachers assign homework and projects these days assuming that everyone has Internet access at home. That kid who doesn't have it is incredibly disadvantaged vs. the rest of the class. Even if they can go to a public library, we all know that presents a number of huge obstacles.
Now, lest you all think I have flipped my lid and gone soft, I assure you I have not. This just makes sense. Nobody loses anything -- in fact, the cable company will make money from it. And the low-income households will definitely be helped.
This would be a lot different if the president suddenly ordered that the government borrow $500 billion to install Internet access for every town in America because low-income households don't have Internet access. Don't laugh, he's proposed crap like that. Instead, this is a win-win that directs the help at the people who demonstrably need it, without imposing new taxes or borrowing more money (God help us).
Comcast is currently in 39 states, so this will help a lot of people. I hope other cable companies follow suit!
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