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All great ideas, except for lobbyists. In reality, it's probably not reasonable to force someone to put up a bond to build a network. And a billion dollars is p

All great ideas, except for lobbyists. In reality, it's probably not reasonable to force someone to put up a bond to build a network. And a billion dollars is probably an order of magnitude (or two) higher than what it'll cost AT&T to completely build out Austin. I believe google recently said they could build out most of the major population centers in the US for 11 Billion, so that gives you some context for a single city out of the top 100 metros.

ck2 14y ago
Billion is just an example of something meaningful, and they'd get it back upon completion. If not, the amount should be used to complete the network for them and then the government would own the network or auction it off. So the amount should be what it costs to build the network for the location.