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I’m in Thailand right now and everywhere I go I see about 100 wires being routed along each telephone pole. 3 utility lines across the top for power, then the m
by lwansbrough 9y ago
I’m in Thailand right now and everywhere I go I see about 100 wires being routed along each telephone pole. 3 utility lines across the top for power, then the most incoherent mess of cables I’ve ever seen. One pole I saw had become a literal birds nest. These are fiber and copper lines for individual ISPs. That’s what the internet looks like in a free market.
I wish this image of free choice of ISP was used as an argument against repealing net neutrality. Nothing speaks to republicans more than showing them how their decision will fuck up their nice neighborhoods.
- scott_karana 9y agoExcept that the incumbent ISPs virtually always have right-of-way agreements with municipalities, granting them exclusive cable rights. Many states even legally prevent municipally-run lines, which is frankly ridiculous. Thailand is lawless individualic striving gone out of control. The USA is monopolistic lobbying and cronyism out of control.