>maybe we should have more internet infra paid with taxes We already do, taxpayers are just not getting much value for their money. >ISPs that take billions i

>maybe we should have more internet infra paid with taxes We already do, taxpayers are just not getting much value for their money. >ISPs that take billions in government subsidies (from programs like the FCC’s Connect America fund) traditionally focus their efforts on more competitive, urban markets, leaving less-affluent cities and rural markets with sluggish DSL that fails to even meet the FCC’s base definition of broadband https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywkn4b/study-throwing-taxpayer-money-at-giant-isps-hasnt-fixed-americas-broadband-problem https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywkn4b/study-throwing-taxpay...