corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoCable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheatingwww.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCable can't compete with 5G home internet, so it's cheatingwww.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareGlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoInternet should be public like many other utilities.
minus-squareBocky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoThe internet is free and public. You can go to any mcdonalds and go all the internetting you want. At home, its all the buried cabled that have to be checked on and maintained that you have to pay for.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoLmfao you think they actually maintain that shit? They dont check on it, that’s part of the problem.
minus-squarered_pigeon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 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 ?
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoYour taxes already subsidize it. You just don’t see any benefits for your money in the current system because they pocket it without making upgrades.
minus-squareeating3645@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoISPs in the US are notorious for getting public funds for services that they never provide, so I wouldn’t be too concerned about that.
Internet should be public like many other utilities.
The internet is free and public. You can go to any mcdonalds and go all the internetting you want. At home, its all the buried cabled that have to be checked on and maintained that you have to pay for.
Lmfao you think they actually maintain that shit? They dont check on it, that’s part of the problem.
Won’t they start pulling more and more tax for it then ? Having it private keeps the competition at least, wouldn’t you agree ?
Your taxes already subsidize it. You just don’t see any benefits for your money in the current system because they pocket it without making upgrades.
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.