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There’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 privatel
by miguelmota 7y ago
There’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.