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It would be great if they stopped doing business in that state. The government could then assert ownership over all their infrastructure, divide it up among sm
by kelnos 2y ago
It would be great if they stopped doing business in that state. The government could then assert ownership over all their infrastructure, divide it up among smaller local governments, who could then provide competitively-priced municipal broadband service.
That would be amazing.
- saint_fiasco 2y agoWouldn't that lead every other business to stop investing in additional infrastructure in that state ever again?
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoThe infrastructure telecoms were paid billions to develop in the 90s, but pocketed the cash instead? It would certainly be terrible beyond belief if we all had to rely on municipal internet like Chattanooga.
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago> The government could then assert ownership over all their infrastructure That's called "taking", and is unconstitutional unless there is just compensation. And "they're not using it, so the value is 0" is not just compensation.
- exe34 2y agolooks like legitimate salvage to me...