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AT&T “complies” with law requiring cheap Internet by ending a service in NY (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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AT&T pulls 5G home Internet from New York to protest state affordability law.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

ISPs were already given a shitload of money to build out infrastructure, but they did the bare minimum and pocketed the rest instead.

They need to be forced to build out a proper modern infrastructure at this point, imaginary money line be damned.

[–] mycelium_underground 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

They didn't even do the bare minimum

[–] [email protected] 1 points 37 minutes ago

Oof. They just pocketed all of it? With no repercussions?