PO2 Morton Scisco 1253599 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am not talking cable tv, internet, and telephone. Just internet. Prices can go straight to $200 a month and we would have to pay it cause no one else provides internet service. Inflation and the value of of the dollar might drive costs of internet. Can government easily provide internet service at a decent price should cable companies get greedy, or is the government hands are tired to what companies want to price their service? 2016-01-22T23:55:38-05:00 PO2 Morton Scisco 1253599

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am not talking cable tv, internet, and telephone. Just internet. Prices can go straight to $200 a month and we would have to pay it cause no one else provides internet service. Inflation and the value of of the dollar might drive costs of internet. Can government easily provide internet service at a decent price should cable companies get greedy, or is the government hands are tired to what companies want to price their service?

2016-01-22T23:55:38-05:00 2016-01-22T23:55:38-05:00 1SG Private RallyPoint Member 1253619

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Competition is the American way to drive down prices and drive up quality. Government interference inevitably leads to a break down in one or both.

2016-01-23T00:10:57-05:00 2016-01-23T00:10:57-05:00 CH (COL) Geoff Bailey 1253620

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why would we ask the government to get involved in providing Internet when a creature comfort becomes too expensive? The idea of Government being asked to assist with providing a personal commodity for the entire population is not a good starting point for the conversation if we abide by a free competitive market economy. The Government has a responsibility to prevent monopolies and price gouging, but not provide the services.

2016-01-23T00:12:07-05:00 2016-01-23T00:12:07-05:00 LTC Yinon Weiss 1253675

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If the private sector can't offer it for less, then certainly the government can't either. <br /><br />I don't understand your thought process of "... should the cable companies get greedy". If they charge a price you don't like, then you don't have to pay them. Eventually a new competitor will enter to win over your business at a lower cost. <br /><br />Why is that greedy? When you start your own business, you can also charge people what you want. They can also choose not to pay you for it. You don't have a "right" to pay for somebody else's services for the price you feel like. This isn't a communist nation. Don't you want to live in a free society?

2016-01-23T00:45:35-05:00 2016-01-23T00:45:35-05:00 PO1 John Miller 1253684

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><br />You&#39;re a techie, get a T Mobile (or similar) mobile hotspot and pay about $20 a month for Internet. A lot of people use their smart phones as their Internet connection.

2016-01-23T00:51:17-05:00 2016-01-23T00:51:17-05:00 PO1 Brian Austin 1253704

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If it ain&#39;t broke the government will fix it until it is. :-)

2016-01-23T01:18:19-05:00 2016-01-23T01:18:19-05:00 Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS 1253750

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Government is not "Efficient."<br /><br />The Government is not "Trustworthy."<br /><br />Remember these two things anytime you want it to do ANYTHING. Remember these two things before you ask it to DO anything.<br /><br />Anything the government does, a Citizen, or Private Organization can do better or cheaper.<br /><br />The issue with current cost is "what the market will bear." We pay $X a month, because the market will support it. When reaches an unsupportable level, it drop back to a supportable level. It's really that simple. Imagine it was Coke we were talking about. If Coke were increased in price to the point people stopped drinking it, an alternative produce would be found OR the price would drop.

2016-01-23T03:52:21-05:00 2016-01-23T03:52:21-05:00 Sgt Private RallyPoint Member 1254886

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No, absolutely not, no way. We do not want the government involved in providing internet service. If they were managing it, it would not be cheap and would not work the way you would want it to work.

2016-01-23T20:30:10-05:00 2016-01-23T20:30:10-05:00 SFC Casey O'Mally 7786043

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Internet is not a need, it is a convenience.<br /><br />Now, I know what the politicians say. And yes, much of modern life DOES make use of the internet. Without internet you can&#39;t work remotely or go to online schools. Well, those are conveniences. Without internet, you can&#39;t keep in touch via E-mail or social media. Conveniences. What about research? We have actual libraries. Online ones are a convenience. Literally everything, and I do mean everything, that is done on the internet is a convenience. It is either possible to do offline (probably slower and more difficult, but still possible), or completely unnecessary.<br /><br />Why in the world would we want government to get into the business of providing convenience for free?<br /><br />Oh, yeah. Forgot. Panem et circenses.

2022-07-22T10:33:41-04:00 2022-07-22T10:33:41-04:00 Maj John Bell 7786758

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Really? When the government throws money at something all they do is increase demand. And they do nothing about supply. It just drives the price of everything up higher and higher.

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