Digital satellite services have been introduced. The prediction is that a convergence of technologies will rapidly move all telecommunications to an Internet base, with voice being almost given away free. Tom Bonnett I have no ideological problem with Virginia's sale of discounted high-speed Internet access to the business sector, but a very tight rationale for this business subsidy must be clearly established. Any competitor to a firm receiving special benefits from the state can and will cry foul. Perhaps the best use of this strategy is as a catalyst to nurture new business development, which means a time-limited benefit.
Competition is good.
It provides choices. Competition is bad. It requires choices. Unless this type of service simply isn' t available otherwise, I am generally opposed to government provision of these types of services. Bradley Dugger States should use their purchasing power to leverage all Internet access including that for the business sector.