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And where do you draw the line? Most US based telCos today are based on a government backed monopoly of wireless spectrum and all of them received several bill
by gcbw2 8y ago
And where do you draw the line?
Most US based telCos today are based on a government backed monopoly of wireless spectrum and all of them received several billions dollars until last year to improve infrastructure (which none of them did, and had zero consequences)
- dajohnson89 8y agosource please?
- coldtea 8y agoFor what? Both are widely known facts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Service_Fund https://www.wired.com/story/the-dangers-of-big-city-subsidies/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-dangers-of-big-city-subsidie... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/isps-want-to-be-utilities-but-only-to-get-more-money-from-the-government/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/isps-want-to-be-...
- gcbw2 8y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6c5e97/eli5_how_were_isps_able_to_pocket_the_200_billion/ https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6c5e97/e... https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6c5e97/eli5_how_were_isps_able_to_pocket_the_200_billion/
- monochromatic 8y agoIf we're counting anything with a "government backed monopoly," then any company that owns a patent counts.
- est31 8y agoOr a trademark...
- maxerickson 8y agoYou know there are almost 3 nationwide LTE networks? What would you count as improving infrastructure? Or are you talking about subsidies to wireline business not resulting in enough fiber and such?