• @CallumWells@lemmy.ml
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    62 years ago

    Why weren’t those monetary subsidies just after the fact instead of just paying out on promises? “You’ll get x billion dollars when y% of this area has access to z Mbps.” But then again I’ve heard there’s monopolies for that in the USA, instead of actual competition.

    • @MrMonkey@lemm.ee
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      62 years ago

      But then again I’ve heard there’s monopolies for that in the USA, instead of actual competition.

      Government granted monopolies. It’s the worst. City / county/ state signs deal with ISP X and give them exclusive rights. Then for some reason they don’t spend a lot of time updating anything because they have no competition because of the fucking morons in the government.