Comment on It’s Time To Rethink 6G.

• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s just another monopoly. How much do you trust your government?

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  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I pay the cheapest electricity of all of the OECD, and rake in billions every year that is reinvested in society. Thank supply side Jesus for publically owned monopolies.

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You rake in billions every year…?

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      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Society does indeed. Hydro Quebec gives back something like $3B a year that is reinvested into various government services.

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• SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I like nationalising industries, but here in France, privatizing France Telecom made Internet and phone prices much cheaper.

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  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Only because it is highly regulated. The FAIs have to allow everyone access to the network. Free wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for that.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    A part is thanks to free (the company) refusing to oligopole up the prices.

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    • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      True, but nothing was stopping the public company from lowering their prices and improving their service.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You mean in the like nineties?

        But how could they fight against the state controlled monopoly making stuff like this !

        Jk, fun times actually

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• LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That too

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