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Running wires costs a shit ton of money. How are more isps covering their own little islands of service going to make any difference here? Last mile service is
by ikiris 6y ago
Running wires costs a shit ton of money. How are more isps covering their own little islands of service going to make any difference here?
Last mile service is a natural monopoly, no amount of pounding the table will fix that. The only reason cable and phone people even compete with each other in the space is because they didn't originally and still try not to.
- hellotomyrars 6y agoThe federal government grants enormous subsidies to offset the cost of it costing a shit ton of money. Recently Verizon actually told them giving them more money wouldn't help speed up roll-out. They still got the money. So it's pretty clear that we're paying for it through our taxes, and being billed for it at exorbitant prices. Municipal-level ISPs make so much sense but, of course, face huge challenges by both established corporate interests and the kind of people who don't believe the government is capable of doing anything.