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If it's public infrastructure, the government has no incentive to innovate and it'll be a good way to ruin it. Electric, gas, and water utilities are natural mo
by miguelmota 7y ago
If it's public infrastructure, the government has no incentive to innovate and it'll be a good way to ruin it. Electric, gas, and water utilities are natural monopolies and priced per usage. You'd end up paying more for slower internet.
- raverbashing 7y agoPlease show me where private run electric or gas utilities have unlimited usage for a flat fee.
- miguelmota 7y agoThere’s none for obvious reasons. Give me an example of a government making the internet a public utility and making it better and less censored than a privately run company.
- zbrozek 7y agohttps://muninetworks.org/content/owensboro-kentucky-headed-spring-ftth-expansion https://muninetworks.org/content/owensboro-kentucky-headed-s... https://tech.co/news/chattanooga-fastest-internet-usa-2018-08 https://tech.co/news/chattanooga-fastest-internet-usa-2018-0... Those places are offering connections way better than I can get from AT&T.
- miguelmota 7y agoChattanooga’s municipally-owned telecoms provider (EPB) is charging $57.99 for 300mbs [0], while I get 500mbs for $39.99 in my area from a non-city owned company [1] [0] https://epb.com/home-store/internet https://epb.com/home-store/internet [1] https://frontier.com/offer/experiencefios-c https://frontier.com/offer/experiencefios-c
- zbrozek 7y agoYou really can't compare across areas. I can get 20 mbps DSL for $50 here. At my old place, eight miles away, I could get 1000 mbps for $90. At my parents' lake cabin in Tennessee they can get 3 mbps for $50. And?
- radicaldreamer 7y agoAlmost every place offering municipal FTTH/FTTN? I guess it’s a wash if you’re comparing it to a top-tier Indy provider like Sonic or Webpass, but compared to AT&T and Comcast, they’re all better.