Comment on Millions of Americans Who Have Waited Decades for Fast Internet Connections Will Keep Waiting After the Trump Administration Threw a $42 Billion High-Speed Internet Program Into Disarray.

• acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  most areas have ISP monolopies, which is somewhat understandable given the high infrastructure costs etc. For that reason they should be regulated as utilities, but aren’t.

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  • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s not understandable at all. The telcos took nearly a trillion dollars from tax payers back in the 2000s to get broadband to everyone in the USA…and they basically stole it.

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    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      …and they basically stole it

      It’s the American way. We’re honestly lucky that it wasn’t feasible for the big telecoms to build their own versions of the Internet, or there’d be several of those too.

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• Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  $150 on Comcast monopoly for 200 down. I use more than 1.5tb a month and a static ip so need a business plan…

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  • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wow. Every time I read about Comcast I’m reminded why I hate them so much.

    I pay $89/mo for gigabit fiber and a static IP through a local ISP. Not comcast. Hopefully never again.

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  • faythofdragons@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hnnng, I’m so glad I don’t have to pay for a static ip

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    • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They own half the state :/

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• vext01@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lol.

  Meanwhile here I am in the UK with my ADSL at 67MB down.

  Lots of the UK is this way. Some of it is fast though.

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