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That's the thing, the government isn't charging people directly, they just manage the hardware, individual companies can charge their own rates on top of that h

• rayiner 8y ago
  But the government has to build the hardware. And that costs money, and a massive amount of evidence shows that the government will underinvest in that hardware. When I travel to Japan or Germany, it makes me cry to come back to American public roads and trains. But not privatized American broadband. We’re doing something wrong and that isn’t giving government insufficient involvement in the construction of infrastructure.
  • raxxorrax 8y ago
    In Germany we had a state owned train infrastructure for the longest time and the process of privatization isn't completed yet. The problem with a privatization is that unprofitable regional areas are not going to get any investments and will get basically excluded. While there were some improvements, customers in general do not get better condition today. I think overall using a train got more expensive. To a degree that you should think about using a plane. Infrastructure investments were low before and are low right now.