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> There's a real question here: could Google keep shareholders happy if Fiber was a standalone business? This right here is a really good reason why Internet s
by mkautzm 12y ago
> There's a real question here: could Google keep shareholders happy if Fiber was a standalone business?
This right here is a really good reason why Internet service needs to be Title II'd.
If the primary concern surrounding what is now an incredibly vital piece of the communications infrastructure is, 'how do we keep shareholders happy', then our priorities are fucked.
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- tptacek 12y agoThe primary concern of trucking and air transport concerns are also shareholder welfare. Should we nationalize transportation?
- pessimizer 12y agoOr highways?
- tedunangst 12y agoThe same could also be said of just about every grocery store. Even small mom-and-pop stores (or perhaps especially them) are concerned with shareholder welfare, more so than "What will happen if Ted runs out of pickles this week?".
- tptacek 12y agoRegional pickle shortages probably aren't going to have the same effect on the economy as a nationwide trucking strike. :)
- tedunangst 12y agoWell, food in general. It doesn't get much more basic need than food, but there's not much government regulation guaranteeing my right to buy food.