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Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 months ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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And pull themselves up by their bootstraps as usual?

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Hows about "Create local and municipal fiber to the curb to stoke competition and drive down prices" instead ?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Markets are extremely bad when it comes to proper allocation of essentials. Infrastructure in general should be nationalized at minimum, and heavily invested in.

[–] RedEyeFlightControl 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The local fiber provider skipped my street altogether because spectrum has a contract with the apartments, and they don't think it's worth running fiber to compete. I wish this was a joke. The providers are literally NOT competing at all. Residential homeowners are screwed because spectrum has a chokehold on the other half of the neighborhood.