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>Taxpayers built this infrastructure and there are still regional broadband monopolies all over the place. Taxpayers building modern ISP infrastructure is a my

>Taxpayers built this infrastructure and there are still regional broadband monopolies all over the place. Taxpayers building modern ISP infrastructure is a myth. Very little public money went to last mile ISPs. In fact, they are typically taxed fairly highly by local governments. Governments see ISPs are a money raising source not a place to spend money . There are still regional "telecom" companies like AT&T and Verizon, but they don't have monopolies over ISP service. In most areas its actually the cable company that has more customers.

unityByFreedom 9y ago
> Taxpayers building modern ISP infrastructure is a myth. The deregulatory 1996 Telecom Act included provisions for a particular level of broadband penetration and performance. Those provisions were not met. Instead, now we have an FCC trying to reclassify broadband to 10 Mbps. Look at the distribution of throughput speeds in the green image posted here [1]. ISPs haven't fulfill their end of the deal with regards to speeds, and the country is mostly covered by regional broadband monopolies. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/5/15191048/fcc-chairman-ajit-pai-comcast-verizon-home-internet https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/5/15191048/fcc-chairman-ajit...