We should never petrify ourselves into solving a particular public problem with either an entirely governmental solution or private solution. Instead society sh

We should never petrify ourselves into solving a particular public problem with either an entirely governmental solution or private solution. Instead society should leave opportunity available for the both, while picking a winner to support wholeheartedly. When that winner begins to abscond their duties, it is time to reconsider who the society is choosing. In this case, American society is stuck with large telecom corporations whose profit motive antagonizes Americans who want a fast, affordable Internet connection. We should closely examine our policies. How do our current laws choose the large telecoms as winners? Rural telecom companies already receive $1.5B USD a year.[0] They argue they should be considered utilities like water and electricity, so then local governments will choose one of them as the winner of a bid and subsidize them even more. 30% of the 43 million Americans living in rural communities had Internet access less than 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up in 2018. We've been in the Internet age since AOL was snail mailing floppies. What have the telecom ISPs been doing this whole time? How much longer will they test our patience? [0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/isps-want-to-be-utilities-but-only-to-get-more-money-from-the-government/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/isps-want-to-be-...