Ninety-nine percent of fiber optic channel capacity is at this time unoccupied– not to mention the available capacity of cable, satellite, and ground microwave.  It perhaps is a shame that this system will do so little for reducing channel underutilization problems.  It is a further shame that this system will do so little to justify the high costs of "the last mile" that arises when such a small share of the cost of broadbanding above a few mbps or even 1gbps, whatever is the goal for every home, is picked up by the proposed national election system.  Five hundred voters gathering at the precinct voting place drops the last mile hurdle to 1 five-hundredth of bringing broadband to the home.