1) I'm an American of Cuban descent, so your jump to call me a member of the Klan is as misplaced as your attempt to add a racial element to cable TV expansion.
2) You know, Verizon is running a business, and thus why would they offer a premium service to an area where it seems that very few would be able to pay for it? Some estimates place the cost of running fiber optic cable to the premises at almost $3,000 per subscriber! It would be neigh impossible for people in low-income areas (regardless of race) to provide the subscriber numbers for Verizon to make any kind of reasonable return on investment. The constitution does not promise you fast internet, but it sure as hell offers the freedom for you to work your ass off to afford it... maybe if more people had that drive in your community Verizon would see it as a lucrative investment opportunity. You can only play the victim for so long before you have to take responsibility for your own surroundings and work to make a better future for you and your neighbors. My grandparents came to this country to escape life under Castro's rule, they worked hard all their lives and never once had to ask the government for any kind of handout, and when the first neighborhood they moved into went bad... they--GASP--worked harder so they could afford to move!!!! Its all about personal responsibility. This is the 21st century, and while race-relations may not be perfect, they are better than they ever have, and if the biggest thing you have to bitch about is that your internet aint as fast as whitey's and not that you are barred from drinking from the same water fountain... then I would say that you would have to agree.
3) This guy is probably a troll and I just took the bait.
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Joe @ Jun 29th 2009 2:29PM
1) I'm an American of Cuban descent, so your jump to call me a member of the Klan is as misplaced as your attempt to add a racial element to cable TV expansion.
2) You know, Verizon is running a business, and thus why would they offer a premium service to an area where it seems that very few would be able to pay for it? Some estimates place the cost of running fiber optic cable to the premises at almost $3,000 per subscriber! It would be neigh impossible for people in low-income areas (regardless of race) to provide the subscriber numbers for Verizon to make any kind of reasonable return on investment. The constitution does not promise you fast internet, but it sure as hell offers the freedom for you to work your ass off to afford it... maybe if more people had that drive in your community Verizon would see it as a lucrative investment opportunity. You can only play the victim for so long before you have to take responsibility for your own surroundings and work to make a better future for you and your neighbors. My grandparents came to this country to escape life under Castro's rule, they worked hard all their lives and never once had to ask the government for any kind of handout, and when the first neighborhood they moved into went bad... they--GASP--worked harder so they could afford to move!!!! Its all about personal responsibility. This is the 21st century, and while race-relations may not be perfect, they are better than they ever have, and if the biggest thing you have to bitch about is that your internet aint as fast as whitey's and not that you are barred from drinking from the same water fountain... then I would say that you would have to agree.
3) This guy is probably a troll and I just took the bait.