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ISPs should be run by governments, just like other utilities are or should be. Market forces don't make better infrastructure.
by minikites 5y ago
ISPs should be run by governments, just like other utilities are or should be. Market forces don't make better infrastructure.
- vmception 5y agoThe lack of market forces make no infrastructure “So lets improve municipal transportation options by putting a multipurpose device in everyone’s pockets that connects to this completely parallel wireless network, which is yet to be built, connected with high bandwidth cables underground - no it wont use the telephone poles why do you ask - and itll will have a random pricing scheme, so …. what does the county board think of how this fits in the budget?”
- shigawire 5y agoThe federal government has heavily subsidized internet infrastructure that in some cases was simply not completed. We don't have to chuck out private enterprise but I think we can crack the whip on the private companies squandering public funds.
- minikites 5y agoRural electrification never would have happened without government intervention because it's not profitable. That's how all infrastructure behaves and why it should be run by government for the benefit of every citizen. Your "example" does not reflect reality.