Comments about ‘Got broadband? 10% don't, according to new government data set, National Broadband Map’

Some might advertise high bandwidth rates but are dependent on many factors of actually being able to provide that speed.

I was 'locked in' to mbs from Qwest when all at once my connection in Farmington suffered. After changing my modem (at my cost) Qwest said that they had oversold the area and that they had to cut my connection speed to 650 kbs until they got there fiber network in place in this area. So I cancelled my Qwest and got Comcast which I paid $45 a month for 6 months and now it cost me $75 a month. And when I tried to get back the 650k at Qwest was told that broadband is not available in this area. Qwest and Comcast must be working together!

Okay, the story if factual and describes the different quality of internet access available in areas. So far, so good.

Then we see that "stimulus money" was spent to "fix" the "problem" that not every library has super fast access.

Taxpayers should not be funding that via federal dollars. If the local library wants fast connections, get local taxpayers to pay for it, beg it for free from civic minded providers, or do without if you cannot afford it.

There is no money to waste on "nice to have" stuff like this any more.

Lots of people have junky old cars with high milage and low efficiency. Should we waste money buying them new cars?

Oh, that's right we already did "cash for clunkers" so I guess there is no shortage of money for virtually anything that anyone might ever want.

Every day the paper is filled with prime examples of hundreds of millions of dollars of waste that needs to be stopped!

In my perspective broadband is a waste of time and money for individual uses. Not only is it very expensive it is very prone to personal invasion of privacy. The proponents of this service are selling ideas and uses most subscribers will never use or have any use for. Providers make it look and sound okay to spend all your time, energy, and lack of intelligence to accomplish frivolous tasks that have meaningless pleasure and no enjoyment of life. People are so wired to communication devices, they can't communicate to anyone 18 inches in front of them.

Technology is fine, but is not meant to replace the human element interactions.