ISPs in the US are notorious for getting public funds for services that they never provide, so I wouldn’t be too concerned about that.
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red_pigeon@lemm.ee 9 months agoWon’t they start pulling more and more tax for it then ? Having it private keeps the competition at least, wouldn’t you agree ?
eating3645@lemmy.world 9 months ago
jkrtn@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Exactly. They’re getting massive handouts from our money. Let’s cut out the middlemen and pay a utility directly.
jkrtn@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
What competition? Tax me and give me fucking municipal fiber instead of giving giant paychecks to wealthy assholes who invest nothing in improving the service but raise everyone’s rates regardless.
marx2k@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ah yes competition. I get to choose between two providers, charter and at&t. Same price, about the same speeds.
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Not where I live. All private Internet, but very limited choices that all keep getting more and more expensive.
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 9 months ago
They also tend to deliberately stay out of each other’s service areas so they can ramp up prices with de facto local monopolies.
rusticus@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Please tell us how “keeping it private” ensures competition and prevents monopolies. For extra credit, let us know WHO is responsible for preventing monopolies.
red_pigeon@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Where did I say it prevents monopolies ?
Where I’m from if it goes public I’m sure the govt is going to take advantage of it with piss poor speeds. When it’s private, at least there are companies competing with decent speeds even though it’s expensive. It’s a choice between the lesser of two evils.
rusticus@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Where I’m from private is slower, more expensive, capped, and throttled. Public is faster, cheaper, unlimited and unregulated. And private lobby’s/bribes politicians to put laws in place preventing public.
BossDj@lemm.ee 9 months ago
I guess to answer that, wonder if your water, electric, or waste companies are gouging you. If they are, like in Texas, then yeah maybe?
Everywhere I lived, people and voting have strong control over utilities and they are fairly priced because it’s a service not a business
Montagge@kbin.earth 9 months ago
Where I use to live was all private. CenturyLink was the only option as they had an agreement with Comcast that Comcast wouldn't come into my area.
I paid $60/month for 500kbps down. Yes kilobits.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 9 months ago
Your taxes already subsidize it. You just don’t see any benefits for your money in the current system.