I'm not an US citizen so I won?t directly respond with my opinion on your issue. But I do want you to note that other countries are using recession as a driver to invest in it (infrastructure), heavily. For example, Australia is committing 43bn AUD$ to establish National Broadband Network across all of the country. There has been / is a lot of discussion points on Australian decision which those who are truly interested in could reference and not try re-invent the wheel.
I am not saying you can compare Australia to US 100%, but there are many parallels. In my opinion, the worst thing any country can do in regards to infrastructure planning (which includes broadband/telecommunications) is to do nothing. You learn nothing when you do nothing, you don?t gain skills or competitive advantage. That will bring you to the point that your own infrastructure is either owned by, or supported by non-American interests (and I won?t even go in to jobs distribution, outsourcing gripes, follow on effect on your strategic government projects and alike).
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