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California may lose the whole clout of its tech economy if people have to bail to localities with municipal internet service just to be able to do business. Ult
by shams93 8y ago
California may lose the whole clout of its tech economy if people have to bail to localities with municipal internet service just to be able to do business. Ultimately that would leave ATT with far fewer customers in California as you have a tiny pool of wealthy and a massive pool of homeless who are completely off the grid who have no ATT service whatsoever. They don't see the connection between a healthy middle class, the need for solid web for business and their own business health as being a part of an interlocking ecosystem.
- exhilaration 8y agoIf that really becomes an issue, the telcos and cablecos have extensive experience with getting municipal internet outlawed: https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/08/28/15404/how-big-telecom-smothers-city-run-broadband https://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/08/28/15404/how-big-tel... See previous HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15655548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15655548