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You're absolutely right. Rural America and poor people shouldn't have access to the internet or phone service. It is a horrible tragedy that we have a universal
by mbreese 12y ago
You're absolutely right. Rural America and poor people shouldn't have access to the internet or phone service. It is a horrible tragedy that we have a universal service fund that helped to give everyone in the country a basic level of service.
- gizmo686 12y agoIf we want to give these people/regions services then we should be clear about what we are doing and explicitly subsidize them, and fund it by explicitly taxing others. Instead, these policies implicitly subsidize them by implicitly taxing others.
- rayiner 12y agoWhy should we subsidize peoples' housing choices? And if we do, we should do it directly, instead of creating a regime that makes it unattractive for companies to invest in telecom infrastructure.