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Sit on your ass and get free stuff!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless Internet service for some Americans to increase affordable broadband service nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.
The FCC provided few details about how it would carry out such a plan and who would qualify, but will make a recommendation under the National Broadband Plan set for release next week. The agency will determine details later.

OK so it doesn't say exactly that but read between the lines, hell why not as we supply the lay abouts with free cell phone why not. Go Obama, and make sure I pay for it with more taxes on my service, OK.  

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Affordable != free.



At least, when the current administration is NOT concerned.   Under them, yeah, this will equal free.  Subsidized by taxpayers.  





I'd bet if a system were put in place, and 'low income' people had internet access... 90% of their traffic would be porn.

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Crikies, settle down.  There aren't enough details on this to get your panties all in a bunch.



The way it would probably work is the FCC will auction certain spectrums at a discounted rate and add a licensing provision that whoever buys it provide inexpensive broadband support with it.  It could even be free, subsidized by advertising or whatever.



Now what makes more sense, what I just described or "OMGz they's gonna give the welfare rats free porn web interwebz!!!"?

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Crikies, settle down. There aren't enough details on this to get your panties all in a bunch.



The way it would probably work is the FCC will auction certain spectrums at a discounted rate and add a licensing provision that whoever buys it provide inexpensive broadband support with it. It could even be free, subsidized by advertising or whatever.



Now what makes more sense, what I just described or "OMGz they's gonna give the welfare rats free porn web interwebz!!!"?

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why not? trac phone is already subsidizing cell phones for the rats that are too lazy to work for their own.  their commercial makes me sick.

ETA: here ya go

There is no "Obama phone" or other newly created federal program to provide free cell phones. As you may know, this is a myth that is now circulating on the Web via email and blog sites. It has been thoroughly debunked by independent groups. (See for example: FactCheck.org at http://www.factcheck.org/2009/10/the-obama-phone/, which notes: "Low-income households have been eligible for discounted telephone service for more than a decade. But the program is funded by telecom companies, not by taxes, and the president has nothing to do with it."


The federal "Lifeline" program was created during the Reagan Administration. Lifeline is a federal program created by the Reagan era Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1984. The program was enhanced under Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was supported on a broadly bipartisan basis in Congress. The FCC’s Low Income Program of the Universal Service Fund, which is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), is designed to ensure that quality telecommunications services are available to low-income customers at just, reasonable, and affordable rates. Lifeline support reduces eligible low-income consumers' monthly charges for basic telephone service.