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I very much doubt ISPs are in the habit to turn down expansion in any area... That's like climate denialism. There is a documented 30-year history of ISPs not
by tremon 3y ago
I very much doubt ISPs are in the habit to turn down expansion in any area...
That's like climate denialism. There is a documented 30-year history of ISPs not expanding their network while claiming subsidies for exactly that: https://newnetworks.com/bookofbrokenpromises.htm https://newnetworks.com/bookofbrokenpromises.htm .
...even if it doesn’t make economic sense
You're conveniently ignoring the "not justified by genuine issues of technical or economic feasibility" in your own goddamn quote.
- cscurmudgeon 3y ago> There is a documented 30-year history of ISPs not expanding their network while claiming subsidies for exactly You are conflating two things. I haven't read the book but does the data show they did it in a discriminatory manner, that is they didn't expand to minority areas even when it made business sense?
- Arainach 3y agoCompanies granted monopoly rights in areas don't get to do only the things they claim make "business sense".
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoHilarious. Then why grant them monopoly rights in the first place? Why not remove monopoly rights instead of adding more regulations/bandaids? Does a free market have monopoly rights?
- Arainach 3y ago>Why not remove monopoly rights instead of adding more regulations/bandaids? Because it is in society's interest that utilities be available to all. We don't have a post office for only the areas profitable to deliver to.
- tremon 3y agoDo you really want your street to be dug open every month by a new sewage company laying a connection to one of your neighbours? Because they switched providers?
- hitpointdrew 3y ago> There is a documented 30-year history of ISPs not expanding their network Yeah, which has nothing to do with race at all, and everything to do with population density. ISP’s don’t want to invest to expand to rural areas with few customers for obvious reasons, none of which have anything to do with discrimination of any kind.