Poor US Infrastructure Threatens the Cloud 177
snydeq writes "Thanks to state-sponsored cable/phone duopolies, U.S. broadband stays slow and expensive — and will probably impede cloud adoption, writes Andrew C. Oliver. 'As a patriotic American, I find the current political atmosphere where telecom lobbyists set the agenda to be a nightmare. All over the world, high-end fiber is being deployed while powerful monopolies in the United States work to prevent it from coming here,' Oliver writes. 'I expect that cloud adoption will closely match broadband speed, cost, and availability curves. Those companies living in countries where the broadband monopoly is protected will adopt the cloud at a slower rate than those with competitive markets and municipal fiber. There's a good chance U.S. firms will fall into that group.'"
Re:Infrastructure pretty much requires the gov't (Score:2, Funny)
Who provided the land. Government.
I'm pretty sure the land was provided by millennia of geological and biological processes.
Re:NSA aint helping either (Score:4, Funny)
An RFC is a standard in all but name. Not as clumsy or random as a formal specification; an elegant standard for a more civilized age. Back when "rough consensus and running code" was enough. Before the dark times... before Eternal September.