Comment on Comcast Falls as NBC Owner Sheds Broadband, Cable Customers
thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 11 months ago
People need to start paying for publicly owned infrastructure. It’s a national security issue, not to mention long term investment issue.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
How is it a national security issue?
NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Woke up from a coma since 1994 recently?
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Yes actually, can you explain it like I’m 5?
NoSpiritAnimal@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That would only get us back to 2018.
spongebue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just spitballing an answer here.
Pretty much all electronic communication people receive is, in some way, dependent on private industry. Sure, many places have tornado sirens and stuff, but without details on what those sirens mean we have no idea what to actually do in response. We have emergency alert systems through cell networks, but I’m still at the mercy of my private carrier functioning properly to receive that.
Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Emergency response is an angle I hadn’t considered, and that’s a great point.