Comment on The FCC is Expected to Propose the Return of Net Neutrality Protections Oct 19th
rchive@lemm.ee 1 year agoThis is a better idea than Net Neutrality. Stop begging government to fix things for you when you and your neighbors can just fix it yourself.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The thing is though public utilities are supposed to be implemented and paid for by the tax payers of the area. Suggesting that the government shouldn’t be doing what we pay tax money for doesn’t make sense. That would be like saying , “oh, I know you taxes pay for your government to upkeep the roads, but stop bothering them about it and you and your neighbours band together to fix that sink hole, and those potholes, and reline that crosswalk”.
rchive@lemm.ee 1 year ago
ISPs mostly aren’t public utilities, so none of that applies to them. Taxes generally don’t go to them. They’re no more public utilities or tax funded than a company that would come to your house and cut your grass.
It is true that several times in the last few decades the government has handed ISPs some cash in exchange for doing specific things like expanding service to certain areas. It’s more than justified to be mad at them for not holding up their end. That doesn’t make them public utilities, though. The government deserves a bunch of blame for that, too, because it’s stupid and handed a bunch of private companies a bunch of money with no accountability mechanism. Of course they’re gonna take the money and run.
That’s why I’m saying stop trusting the government to fix things like this.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The government gave these companies money to build up and expand their infrastructure though. On more than one occasion. And we don’t have anything to show for it.