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Would it be any different than YC promoting its companies here.

• CamperBob2 9y ago
  No, because YC doesn't take government subsidies to act as a dumb pipe. They also aren't a de-facto monopoly in any way, shape, or form. All of the incumbent ISPs are charged with stewardship of public resources to one extent or another, if only because they require right-of-way access. The fact that many Americans have a grand total of one decent broadband provider to choose from is another factor that has to be considered, but often isn't. Basically, net neutrality isn't a gift to the public, it's half of a longstanding bargain. The Trump administration proposes to unilaterally alter that bargain on behalf of corporate lobbyists who do not have consumers' interests in mind.
  • rtx 9y ago
    If wires are public resources the government should buy it outright instead of giving subsidies. Public resources should be publically owned.
    • CamperBob2 9y ago
      Perhaps. That's not what's being debated, though. And it's not so much the wires, as the land the wires have to traverse. These areas are largely public rights-of-way already.