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ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

enshittification.

my theory is that they are pushing for more expensive upgrades like fiber.

[–] ghostface 6 points 7 months ago

Charter has/had a dark fiber ring ready for use back in 2005. I assume most other cable providers have similar, because they had to build it out after the first FCC spending bill after 99