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Originally Posted by Locky
i think be god for the econmy if we ever got %100 high speed internet coverage, and personaly i wud rather my tax go on sumthing like internet investment rather than the doleys n all the other stuff people get, e.g. free lives
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We have nearly 100% coverage already, some of this has been achieved through limited public - private partnerships.
With all due you're at college and only work weekends, perhaps you'd like to try paying income tax before you complain about where it goes and maybe the rest of us would like it if our taxes weren't paying for part of or all of your education but such is life. I see next to nothing for the over £1000/month that Mr Brown siphons from my pay let alone the other taxes he stings me for, which is why I'm moving elsewhere.
I could easily have the 'up yours' attitude as in theory I'm one of the people who puts money into the economy, and yes I'd be far better off not supporting chavs and layabouts, but I don't as there are some people who really do need that tax. Don't really see why you do especially as you aren't yet one of the people enjoying Mr Brown's hand in your pocket. Quite a cynical attitude really.
Nonetheless the welfare state is there for a reason and I hope you never have to use it but you really never know. If you do have to use it at some point hopefully it'll give you a different appreciation of why it is there. Don't write off everyone who uses it, some people really don't have any choice. When you look at how high tax bills are at the moment supplying an uber internet connection to every home is really poor value, there's a very large list of things that need doing first, such as a nationwide initiative against txt spk and putting some more cash into education in general. Did you know that a number of employers are having problems employing school / college and even uni leavers here? In the words of an employer I spoke to 'We aren't asking for the Earth, just candidates that can read, write and do basic maths to a reasonable standard. Is that too much to ask?'
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Originally Posted by Dave2150
I 100% agree with you - best for tax money to go for something worthfile - eg a Nationwide FTTK deployment instead of all these benefits people get so easily.
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In what way is that worthwhile exactly? We'll have FTTK within 5 years anyway. FTTH is really the only game in town. Incidentally what does worthfile mean?
I have no problem at all with local councils borrowing money in order to build their own fibre optic networks however the idea of the government using tax payer's money and doing it nationwide is a sensationally bad idea. It would put ntl out of business at a stroke and force BT to severely downsize. Then there's the question of who gets to run the network? We know what a great job the Government would do of it. I think they've their nose in quite enough already thanks.
Personally I'd rather the ntl old boys' club at Ofcom let BT build the FTTH network they want to build and not force them to unbundle it in the name of the competition that's set to bring us a huge collection of crap quality services to choose from. If you want to know why we've no FTTH/K look no further than their office.
Just look at what the US allowing Verizon to build a FTTH network without unbundling it has done. Much more competitive offers where it's been rolled out.