With all the money the government has handed them over the years we could of have government run highspeed internet in most metro areas. Instead we get some of the worst speeds for the highest prices in the western world. Corporate welfare/socialism is just the best. Brutal fuck you capitalism for consumers though. Always.
Comment on US broadband grant rules shut out small ISPs and municipalities, advocates say
alienanimals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This isn’t a broadband grant. It’s free money for corporations that currently hold on oligopoly on the ISP industry.
Over the years there have been several instances where ISPs like Comcast, received substantial government funding to expand and improve their networks. However, the ISPs largely failed to follow through on the network improvements and instead just pocketed the money.
Astroturfed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
atticus88th@lemmy.world 1 year ago
But I thought Biden was against these big corporations!?!?
/s
alienanimals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The plutocracy impacts every candidate, not just the ones you don’t like.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I don’t think they like that.
bobman@unilem.org 1 year ago
That would be Bernie.
Which is why he lost the nominations, twice.
jimbolauski@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is how you wash federal money and turn it into campaign donations. There is no way our politicians will turn off that spigot.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Isn’t this like the third round of fiber money? If I remember correctly, the only company that didn’t just pocket basically all of the money was Verizon which rolled out some fiber, no where near the commitment though.
bobman@unilem.org 1 year ago
I’m pretty sure this is the third.
They constantly pocket it, in addition to their profits, and refuse to expand their networks because it’s expensive to dig holes and lay down wire.
Not sure how we did it before. Not sure how we built roads, or telecommunications, or railroads. Maybe our ancestors were magical or something.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I mean there were laws and protections that basically hark back to the days after unionization, which wars were fought for.
People take for granted all of the laws and protections in place, forgetting we had to basically fight a civil war just to get weekends and a standard 8 hour work day. We were even getting close to unions talking about owning the means of production (socialism) but that obviously never came to fruition as the government/Capitalists quickly realized placating the unions with their wish list would be far better for them in the long run then them getting any funny ideas about actual wealth ownership for the common man or good.