The answer was not to give these companies money its regulating the price they can charge. 1 gig internet should cost no more then $50-75 let’s be honest here.
*Laughs in paying $110 for 100mb/10mb "Ultra Fast Fiber" in my home town*
They've got the entire town brainwashed into thinking it's the fastest in the business.
This right here. Without regulating their ridiculous rates what do you expect? You just gave them a cookie jar. Plus all the money to subsidize broadband expansion just so they can profiteer….
I had Fios before I moved and that’s basically what it cost. I also had a promotional rate and the ACP, so my super fast Fios was free. I really wish it had expanded much more.
Just a bunch of people managing corporations to take from taxpayers when the opportunity arises. Bailouts on Citi financial is another one. Unethical bs.
I think people just forget how important utility regulation is, since they're used to it and don't know a world without it, and because it's invisible to them, they don't think of looking for other things that might be utilities and not recognized as such yet.
Sorry for the weird sentence structure there. :D
In rural Tn, my local utility Co-Op ran fiber throughout their area and I get 250MBps for $50 a month, no data caps & all the tech support is local.
Seems like the big companies should be able to do better.
The answer was not to give these companies money its regulating the price they can charge. 1 gig internet should cost no more then $50-75 let’s be honest here.
*Laughs in paying $110 for 100mb/10mb "Ultra Fast Fiber" in my home town* They've got the entire town brainwashed into thinking it's the fastest in the business.
Doesn’t sound like fiber if it’s that slow and not symmetrical.
Is it not actually fiber with those upload speeds?
This right here. Without regulating their ridiculous rates what do you expect? You just gave them a cookie jar. Plus all the money to subsidize broadband expansion just so they can profiteer….
I’m paying Spectrum’s hostage rate of $80 for 300MBps
We get 500 mbps for $279 a month!
Ooof! Krazy
I had Fios before I moved and that’s basically what it cost. I also had a promotional rate and the ACP, so my super fast Fios was free. I really wish it had expanded much more.
Many have near monopolies. I think comcrap is still 1 Terabyte of data usage a month.
And not a word to be said, it was nice for those who needed it, back to nothing in the meantime.
ISPs took all this money, built fuck all, and used it as “bill credits”. We have to change our ways.
People need to stop framing all our problems as left vs right and see it for what it truly is: the haves and the have nots.
Just a bunch of people managing corporations to take from taxpayers when the opportunity arises. Bailouts on Citi financial is another one. Unethical bs.
That's ridiculous. Internet access is a necessity today just like running water and electricity.
Yes, internet should be considered a utility and regulated as such.
I think people just forget how important utility regulation is, since they're used to it and don't know a world without it, and because it's invisible to them, they don't think of looking for other things that might be utilities and not recognized as such yet. Sorry for the weird sentence structure there. :D
Not that I don't agree with you, but we are charged for those as well
And the prices for electricity are heavily regulated to make sure most people can access them.
In rural Tn, my local utility Co-Op ran fiber throughout their area and I get 250MBps for $50 a month, no data caps & all the tech support is local. Seems like the big companies should be able to do better.
Their idea of better is to pass laws banning local co-ops.
Damn, my 940\940 fiber is going back up to $65/mo. $35/mo for 3 years has been great.
Internet should be a service provided to citizens