Another Reason To Hate The Rich, They Get Faster Internet

RESEARCHERS AT BERKELEY LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE OF INTERNET
SPEEDS AND DIFFERENT INTERNET OPTIONS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF
CALIFORNIA AND WHAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT AT&T SEEMS TO BE
PROVIDING FASTER SPEED INTERNET TO RICHER AREAS.
I AM GOING TO BREAK THIS ALL DOWN AND THERE ARE SOME
WEAKNESSES IN THIS STUDY SO I WILL GET THAN JUST A SECOND, BUT
FIRST, HERE'S WHAT THE FINDINGS INDICATE.
IT INDICATES THAT
AT LEAST IN CALIFORNIA TELECOMS COMPANY AT&T MAY ONLY BE MAKING
FIBER INTERNET ACCESS AVAILABLE TO AFFLUENT COMMUNITIES, LEAVING
SOME LOW INCOME AREAS IN CALIFORNIA STUCK WITH INTERNET
ACCESS THAT CAN BE AS SLOW AS 768
KB PER SECOND WHICH IS INSANELY SLOW.
I THINK WE KNOW THAT.
LET ME GO FURTHER.
THE HIGHER AVERAGE EARNINGS OF A SPECIFIC AREA, THE HIGHER
CHANCE THERE WAS OF A HAVING HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS.
FIBER TO THE HOME HOUSEHOLDS HAD A MEDIAN INCOME OF $110,000
WHILE DSL ACCESS HOMES HAD A MEDIAN INCOME OF JUST $47,894.
THIS DOESN'T REALLY SURPRISE ME AT ALL BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY
ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE PLACES WHERE THEY KNOW PEOPLE CAN
AFFORD FIBER-OPTIC INTERNET CONNECTION AND FASTER
SPEEDS AND OF COURSE, THE FASTER THE SPEED EVEN IF YOU ARE
PAYING FOR DSL, THE FASTER THE SPEED, THE MORE YOU ARE
PAYING FOR IT AND SO THIS IS A COMPANY DOING WHAT
COMPANIES DO AND THEY PRIORITIZE AREAS WHERE THEY KNOW
PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR A MORE EXPENSIVE SERVICE THAT I AM
NOTHING IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT IT IS WHAT BUSINESSES DO.
NOT TO MENTION, IS A MONOPOLY.
WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A CERTAIN AREA AND YOU, I HAD TO CALL THEM
OUT AND I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THEM, BUT EVERYONE I KNOW
HAD TO DEAL WITH FRONTIER WHEN FRONTIER SWOOPED IN.
IT
WAS A NIGHTMARE AND MAYBE IT WAS THE GROWING PAINS OF BECOMING A
NEW COMPANY AND HAVING TO TAKE OVER OTHER PEOPLE'S
INFRASTRUCTURE BUT JUST THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WHERE, WHAT
IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE?
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THE ANSWER WAS NOTHING.
WE WILL
BE THERE WITHIN A NINE HOUR WINDOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE INTERNET.
WHY?
WE DIDN'T PRIVATIZE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONE THAT
NEEDED AN UPGRADE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A MONOPOLY
OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
A FEW YEARS AGO, GERMANY HAD STATED THAT INTERNET CONNECTION
IS A HUMAN RIGHT AND IT SOUNDS, LOOK, IT SOUNDS CRAZY IF
YOU JUST HEAR A QUICK AND YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, BUT
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU DID NOT HAVE
INTERNET CONNECTION.
HOW MANY RESOURCES WOULD NO LONGER BIGGER DISPOSAL.
HOW MUCH INFORMATION WOULD BE CUT AWAY FROM YOU AND YOUR LIFE?
IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET.
WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT MAKES
SENSE TO CRITICIZE AT&T FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING, BUT I THINK
WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT
WE CAN DO TO MAKE FASTER SPEED INTERNET AVAILABLE TO
EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS.
I TELL YOU, THAT SUCH A GOOD POINT BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON
MEDI-CAL, OLDER PEOPLE, THEY HAVE TO GO ONLINE TO GO TO THE
WEBSITE TO FIND OUT WHAT DOCTORS THEY CAN GO TO AND I AM TALKING
ABOUT ELDERLY PEOPLE, BUT EVEN THOUGH WE SAY WE'RE NOT
GOING TO CRITIZE AT&T, THIS IS AN AT&T PHONE AND I AM
REALLY SAD TO KNOW THAT SHERMAN OAKS IS ON THE HOOD LIST
BECAUSE MY SERVICE IS AWFUL.
MY INTERNET IS TERRIBLE.
THAT SUCKS.
I GET THE TEXT MESSAGES THAT SAY, YOU HAVE USED 75%
SO WE'RE GOING TO START SLOWING YOU DOWN.
YOU HAVE TO SWITCH TO VERIZON, GIRL.
LOOK AT THIS COMMERCIAL.
IT'S NOT.
I'M SORRY.
LISTEN TO THE RADIO AND THEY ARE HAVING THIS EXACT CONVERSATION.
YOU HAD TO SWITCH TO VERIZON, THEY HAVE UNLIMITED -
PEOPLE MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT IS A VERY SUPERFICIAL THING BUT
MY CAREER, EVERYTHING IS HANDLED VIA EMAIL.
YOU KNOW WHAT INCREDIBLE?
HAVE A LAPTOP AT HOME.
I NEVER USE IT ANYMORE.
I USES SOMETIMES IF I AM WRITING AN ARTICLE OR PIECE OR WHATEVER,
BUT NOW I DO ALL OF MY WORK ON THE SMART PHONE AND SO ALL OF
THESE THINGS THAT QUITE HONESTLY A LOT OF RIGHT WING
CONSERVATIVES SMACK TALK ABOUT LIKE OH, EVERYONE WANTS THE
LATEST IPHONE, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING A FANCY PHONE.
IT IS ABOUT HAVING ACCESS TO THE WORLD AND
HAVING OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS PHONE ACTUALLY DOES REPRESENT OPPORTUNITIES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT OR ACCESS TO IT YOU ARE NOT AS
CONNECTED TO WHAT IS GOING ON AS OTHER PEOPLE.
THE
INTERNET OF COURSE PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN ALL OF THAT AND SO
THE BUSINESS MODEL HERE IS OF COURSE GOING TO RAISE A FEW
RED FLAGS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A COUNTRY
TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE, EVEN THOSE IN RURAL AREAS
OF THIS COUNTRY HAVE ACCESS TO DECENT INTERNET SPEEDS?
MARK ZUCKERBERG IS TRYING REALLY HARD.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING ACCESS TO DOCTORS.
I THINK THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT THINGS, LIKE ADULT
CONTENT ON THE INTERNET.
I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT.
BUT YEAH.
THEY ARE DICTATING WHO YOU CAN SHARE A ROMANTIC INTERLUDE
WITH, A ROMANTIC INTERLUDE BY CANDLELIGHT WHEN YOUR
GIRLFRIEND IS OUT OF TOWN AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
WHEN I HEAR THIS STUFF ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVES TALKING
ABOUT STUFF.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO READ THAT LATEST SUPER INTELLIGENT DONALD
TRUMP
TWEET IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SMART PHONE WHILE YOU ARE OFF IN
PRAYER CIRCLE.
THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO READ IT.
THAT'S THE SECRET BEHIND IT, WE PREFER THAT WE DIDN'T.

Another Reason To Hate The Rich, They Get Faster Internet

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