On 1998, the US started giving hundreds of billions of dollars to the telecoms to roll out fiber natinwide. This incredible event led to the US becoming the fi

On 1998, the US started giving hundreds of billions of dollars to the telecoms to roll out fiber natinwide. This incredible event led to the US becoming the first country to have fiber deployed nationwide. Wait, I'm misremembering that slightly... Oh yes, I remember now: The telecoms pocketed the money instead of delivering the promised infrastructure, and now the US lags much of the world on Internet connectivity. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5839394 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-book-of-broken-promis_b_5...