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1. The issue is that the government gave away a ton of money without clear goals and deadlines. Private companies aren't an arm of the government that will do i
by zeroCalories 3y ago
1. The issue is that the government gave away a ton of money without clear goals and deadlines. Private companies aren't an arm of the government that will do it's job for it. Retroactively adding these restrictions seems bad, as you've now changed the terms of the deal. The government got scammed and they should take the loss and do better next time.
2. The result being the same does not mean the goal is the same. I doubt ISPs are rubbing their hands and laughing at the struggle of minorities. It's simply not their job to care about them. See 1.
Further, there is nothing wrong with national ISPs as long as we don't put up road blocks for municipal ISPs.
- jancsika 3y ago> Further, there is nothing wrong with national ISPs as long as we don't put up road blocks for municipal ISPs. In this reality, ISPs have put up road blocks for municipal ISPs. In North Carolina it's especially shady-- any ISP can challenge by offering their own plan to wire up the municipality that wants to do their own wireless. Doing so can end up halting the municipal plan, but that ISP doesn't have to actually deliver said plan.
- jwells89 3y agoWow, that’s impressively slimy. I don’t know it’s possible to defend telecoms pulling this kind of nonsense in good conscience.