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It's already been done in ~500 communities in the United States, according to the article. Capitalism failed so hard that governments could actually do it bette
by Miner49er 7y ago
It's already been done in ~500 communities in the United States, according to the article. Capitalism failed so hard that governments could actually do it better.
AFAIK, no one has died yet because of it.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoPeople being able to set up their own broadband when third party companies deem it not worthwhile is the free market working. This is not what they are proposing nor what would be allowed in their dream socialist regime. Again, this is nothing more than a re-hash of failed 20th century experiments (and many people did die because of the results...).
- Miner49er 7y agoYeah, my bad, I messed up my comment, I was editing it as you wrote yours. I meant to say "capitalism" not the free market. The socialist broadband was created in those communities because the privately owned broadband was so bad. But yeah, you're right, there's still a market.
- nicoburns 7y ago20th century experiments like Japan and South Korea's public internet infrastructure programs which lead them having fastest and cheapest internet connections in the world? Britain's national telecom company was rolling out fibre in the 80's before the conservative government decided we'd be better served by private companies. https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/world-of-tech/how-the-uk-lost-the-broadband-race-in-1990-1224784 https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/world-of-tech/how-the-uk-l...
- hshsshhshs 7y agoSource on asian "public internet infrastructure"? I'd like to know more about this.